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Rourkela: A 100-km Ring Road around Rourkela is in the pipeline as Minister of Law, Works, and Excise Prithiviraj Harichandan, Saturday evening, made significant announcements for the Steel City during a public function. Harichandan outlined plans that are expected to bring significant development to Rourkela....

Sambalpur: Following a fresh probe over a high court order, police Monday arrested Pritiman Dey, 27, the male friend of the deceased girl student Chinmayee Priyadarshini Sahu of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla in Sambalpur district. The case was registered at...

Berhampur: A POCSO court here Monday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for raping a six-year-old girl about two years ago. Pranati Pattnaik, the additional district judge-cum-judge of the special court set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD and Congress Monday separately criticised the BJP-led Odisha government alleging that the law and order situation has deteriorated in the state. Holding a press conference here, BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty claimed recent crimes across the state including the state capital Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: The people in Odisha are likely to get respite from prevailing hot weather conditions as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts thunderstorms and light rainfall in several districts during the next four days. Manorama Mohanty, director of Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, said thunderstorms with light...

Bhubaneswar: An Odisha MLA and former information technology minister has lost Rs 1.4 crore to cyber fraud in around one-and-a-half months, a senior police officer said here Monday. The police arrested seven people - four from Karnataka and three from Tamil Nadu - in connection...

Berhampur: A man was allegedly killed by an elderly person and his son over the selection of a site to stage a popular seasonal folk dance in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Monday. The deceased was identified as Jagdish Panigrahy (27) of Belagaon in the...

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of Army jawan Raj Kishore Munda, who was killed in the line of duty in Arunachal Pradesh, arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar Monday. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi paid his last respects to the deceased jawan,...

Bhubaneswar: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety across Odisha Monday. From early this morning, the faithful thronged mosques and designated locations across the state to offer prayers on the occasion. The young and the old attended prayers at mosques in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur,...

Bhubaneswar: Train service resumed on both tracks of the Cuttack-Nergundi rail section in Odisha's Cuttack district Monday morning following the derailment of the SMVT Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express on the route, a senior railway official said. The derailment, which occurred between Kendrapara Road and Nergundi stations...