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Bhubaneswar: Ranchi Royals registered a sensational 3-2 win over Hyderabad Toofans in Qualifier 2 to enter the men's Hockey India League final here on Sunday. Royals will face Vedanta Kalinga Lancers in the title clash on Monday. It was a hat-trick of goals by Tom...

Kendrapara: Odisha Forest department officials have arrested 16 fishermen near Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary in Kendrapara district for illegally fishing within the turtle congregation zone, an officer said Sunday. The fishing trawl, used by the intruders for fishing along the prohibited sanctuary area, was seized by...

Bhubaneswar: On the eve of the 77th Republic Day celebrations, the Union government Sunday announced the coveted Padma Awards for 2026. Among the awardees, four eminent personalities from Odisha have been conferred the Padma Shri, marking a moment of great pride for the state. According...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday listened to the 130th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme along with school students and local residents at the government-run Raj Bhavan Upper Primary School in Bhubaneswar. While listening to the programme...

Sambalpur: A patient was seen being pushed on a stretcher along a busy road after "no ambulance was available" at the Kuchinda sub-divisional hospital in Odisha’s Sambalpur district, triggering public outrage. After the video circulated online, the state health minister Mukesh Mahaling asked officials to...

Sambalpur/Cuttack: A 75-year-old man from Odisha’s Sambalpur, Babu Lohar, pedalled 300 km by rickshaw to get his paralysed wife life-saving treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Lohar began the journey after his wife Jyoti suffered a paralytic stroke in November last year...

Koraput: Koraput district administration Sunday withdrew its earlier order banning the sale of non-vegetarian food items on Republic Day. District Collector Manoj Satyawan Mahajan announced the decision in a post on social media platform X. Earlier, the district administration had issued an order prohibiting the...

Puri: Thousands of devotees Sunday took a holy dip at Chandrabhaga beach in Odisha's Puri district on the occasion of 'Magha Saptami'. Magha Saptami is observed as the birthday of the Sun God and is held on the seventh day of 'Magha' month of the...

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odia music composer Abhijit Majumdar died after a prolonged illness, hospital sources said Sunday. He had been undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar following a critical health episode late last year. Majumdar was admitted to the emergency department September 4, 2025, in critical condition...

Bhubaneswar: Noting that artificial intelligence (AI) allows setting new benchmarks in governance and public service delivery, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Odisha must follow a model where the state does not merely adopt technology, but becomes a harbinger of it. Majhi made the statement...