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Navi Mumbai: A superb recovery by seasoned all-rounders Deandra Dottin and Deepti Sharma lifted UP Warriorz to a competitive 143 for 5 against former champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru after a dramatic top-order collapse in their Women's Premier League match here Monday. Sent in to bat,...

Baripada: A special POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl. POCSO court judge Santosh Kumar Nayak held 20-year-old Bulu Mukhi guilty of raping the minor at a village within Suliapada police station...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Sadak Suraksha Yojana Samman' and introduced an alert bell provision at the accident-prone Kalinga Ghat, as part of the state's initiatives to strengthen road safety. Addressing a function to mark the National Road Safety...

Bhubaneswar: Lakhs of students, teachers and staff members of educational institutions across Odisha Monday joined a mass rendition of 'Vande Mataram', marking the 150th anniversary of the iconic national song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. The event was organised by the state's School and Mass...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday laid the foundation stone for construction of a new Lok Seva Bhavan (state secretariat), Odisha Assembly building and several other developmental projects worth Rs 6,701 crore. CM Majhi laid the foundation stones at a function held at the...

Rourkela: Odisha Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena Monday visited the site where a small aircraft made an emergency crash landing and also met the injured passengers and pilots in Rourkela hospital. At least six people, including two pilots, were injured when a nine-seater...

Berhampur: Sale of different items, including foods made by inmates of Berhampur circle jail has doubled in 2025, a prison official said. The jail inmates are producing textile items including bed-sheets, towels, shirting, prison kurta, scarf, etc, water drum, rice tray, bucket, mug, dal cane,...

Hatadihi/Baula: Tension flared in Inchol village under Hatadihi block in Keonjhar district after workers of the ruling BJP and the opposition BJD clashed Sunday over a road construction project. The violence erupted over the ongoing construction of a road from Bhutapada Chhak to Parmanandapur village....

Cuttack/Baripada: Toll collection at the Jharpokharia Toll Plaza on National Highway-49 in Mayurbhanj district was challenged through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition at the Orissa High Court citing the dangerous and unsafe condition of an adjoining stretch of the highway. The petition was filed...

MANOJ KUMAR JENA, OPBhubaneswar: As people get busy arranging their vehicle documents after the state government declared deadline for PUCC and other documents verification, the cyber fraudsters seem to have found opportunity with many reported cases of fake E-challan, which compromised their data and also...