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Sambalpur: A man wanted in several criminal cases was injured in an exchange of fire with police in Odisha's Sambalpur district Tuesday evening, an officer said. The injured miscreant was identified as Bunty Suna, a criminal involved in multiple cases of firearms offences, robbery and...

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: The family members of Anjarana Ramaya, the Odisha man who was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow region, were worried about when his body would reach home from Russia. While the family accused both the agency, through which Ramaya got the job,...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals' stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and elected to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL match Tuesday. RR regular skipper Riyan Parag missed out due to a hamstring injury that he sustained in their previous match, while Ravindra Jadeja...

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police Tuesday arrested two more persons in connection with the lynching of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain by a mob, taking the total number of accused persons apprehended so far to 15. The duo arrested Tuesday had fled from...

Bhubaneswar: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tuesday acknowledged challenges in procuring fertilisers from the international market, urging states and farmers to adopt organic farming as an alternative increasingly. Addressing the Eastern Zonal Agriculture Conference in Bhubaneswar, Chouhan said the Centre was making every possible...

Guwahati: Flamboyant wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was Tuesday removed as vice-captain of the Indian Test squad for the upcoming one-off match against Afghanistan and dropped from the ODI line-up for the ensuing three-match series against the same opponents. KL Rahul replaced Pant as the vice-captain of...

Bhubaneswar/Bhawanipatna: A 47-year-old Roads and Buildings (R&B) engineer, who entered government service nearly 27 years ago with a modest monthly salary of Rs 6,000, has come under the scanner of Odisha Vigilance for allegedly amassing assets worth crores of rupees disproportionate to his known sources...

Berhampur: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Tuesday targeted the state government over the law and order situation following the brutal public assault on a couple in Berhampur. Taking to his X handle, Patnaik alleged that...

Berhampur: Ganjam district administration Tuesday launched a campaign with aim of making the district plastic-free through weekly cleanliness drives across all panchayats. As part of the 'Ama Ganjam, Swachha Ganjam' campaign, sanitation drives were conducted in 503 panchayats across 22 blocks of the district. The...

Bargarh: Farmers staged a protest outside the district collector’s office in Bargarh Tuesday over alleged irregularities in paddy procurement and “delays in issuance of tokens”. Members of several farmer organisations joined the agitation under the banner of the 'Sanjukta Krushak Sangathan'. Protesters alleged that many...