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Bhubaneswar: Election Commission Wednesday announced that the bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha that has been vacated by Debashish Samantaray will be held June 18. Samantaray, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha on a BJD ticket in 2024 and was to continue...

Nabarangpur: A team of administrative officials conducted raids Tuesday on several hotels in the Raighar main market area under Nabarangpur district after the Collector was served with "stale and sub-standard" snacks. As per reports, the incident occurred when Nabarangpur District Collector Maheswar Swain was hearing...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has released a draft standard operating procedure (SOP) for land parcel reconstitution under Town Planning (TP) Schemes 05 to 07 in Zone-I to ensure transparent, fair and structured urban development in the City. The draft SOP covers areas under Malipada...

Rajnagar: A woman and her son were allegedly assaulted and tortured inside the Talachua Marine Police Station in Kendrapara district after they visited the police station to lodge a complaint, a report said Tuesday. According to the complaint fi led Tuesday by Annapurna Mandal (58)...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police arrested 18 persons and seized Rs 36.85 lakh in cash while freezing Rs 39.42 lakh in bank accounts allegedly linked to IPL betting activities. Authorities also confiscated two cars and 13 mobile phones used in the illegal operation. According to a press...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has arrested three bank officials in connection with an alleged loan fraud involving outstanding dues of Rs 6.88 crore, linked to the fraudulent sanctioning of personal loans at multiple branches of the State Bank of India...

Gopalpur/Berhampur: The police arrested four more persons from Rajasthan in the sensational kidnapping and murder case of land dealer Sudhir Patra, two of which were injured in a police encounter late Monday night in Ganjam district, police said Tuesday. The accused have been identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R S Gopalan Tuesday asked the district authorities to effectively counter any misinformation campaign on social media about Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which will begin in the state from May 30. The CEO issued such direction...

Bhubaneswar: Villagers staged a protest before Baranga police station in Odisha's Cuttack, alleging custodial torture of a man, officials said Tuesday. The villagers alleged that Rakesh Behera, a native of Chandi Prasad village under the Baranga police station, was subjected to custodial torture after he...

Dharamsala: Skipper Rajat Patidar hit a magnificent unbeaten 93 off 33 balls to propel Royal Challengers Bengaluru's total to a massive 254 for 5 against Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 of Indian Premier League here Tuesday. Patidar saved his best for the big stage as...