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Dharamsala: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss in his 100th IPL game as skipper and opted to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru Sunday. Punjab made two changes to their playing XI from the last match, bringing in Harpreet Brar and Lockie Ferguson....

Nabarangpur: Two women were killed and three others critically injured after a car collided head-on with a goods-laden truck near the Rajamatu traffic junction in the Pradhaniguda area of Odisha’s Nabarangpur district around midnight, police said Sunday. Local residents and police personnel rushed to the...

Nayagarh: Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested a junior engineer of the Rural Works (RW) Section in Nayagarh district and his associate while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.36 lakh from a contractor for clearing pending bills and facilitating the refund of security deposits,...

By Manoj Kumar Jena, OP Bhubaneswar: Long queues outside fuel stations and unofficial restrictions on fuel refills in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack took a toll on gig workers, many of whom say the crisis is cutting into their daily earnings. App-based delivery workers and ride-service providers...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have arrested 1,771 people and seized over 3,000 kg of ganja, 20 unlicensed guns and other illegal items during a special drive, an official statement said Sunday. On the instructions of DGP Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, the five-day drive was conducted from May...

Sambalpur: A notorious gangster, wanted in 14 criminal cases, was injured in a gunfight with the police in Odisha's Sambalpur district Sunday, an official statement said. While police were conducting vehicle checking near Planetarium Chhak in Burla, at around 5 am, a car coming from...

Jagatsinghpur: Police arrested an alleged contract killer from Bihar in connection with the murder of a newly-engaged woman at Kathiapada village in Jagatsinghpur district, Superintendent of Police Ankit Verma said Saturday. The victim, Sasmita Das alias Dolly, daughter of Pramod Das, was allegedly murdered on...

Bhawanipatna: A powerful nor’wester storm hit Bhawanipatna town in Kalahandi district Saturday afternoon, bringing strong winds and hailstorm that caused damage to vehicles, public infrastructure and disrupted power supply. Under the impact of the storm, a tree was uprooted and fell on a car near...

Berhampur: A most-wanted criminal was shot at in an encounter by the district police Saturday in the Gopalpur area of Ganjam district, police said. Dipu Nayak aka Dipuna was shot in the left leg near the knee after he fired at a police team that...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday lauded the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) for setting up the country’s first pilot plant for the extraction of platinum group metals (PGMs) from minerals sourced from the Bangur chromite mine in Keonjhar district. Noting that OMC’s contribution...