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Malkangiri: Malkangiri Police have unearthed an interstate online betting racket, arresting four scammers, including two kingpins from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. After verifying 142 mule accounts, police found that some of those accounts were created by middlemen belonging to the Kotpad area with the false promise of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government remains dedicated to the development and welfare of the Odia diaspora, Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said in Kolkata Sunday. The Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department organised 'Odisha Utsav' for the first time in Kolkata to connect with the Odia diaspora...

Ahmedabad: Led by Sanju Samson (89), defending champions India put on a show to post a massive 255 for five in the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand Sunday. The New Zealand bowlers were all at sea after inviting India to bat in the...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD Sunday took strong exception to the BJP-backed Independent Rajya Sabha poll candidate Dilip Ray claiming former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik, an iconic figure in the state, as his mentor and seeking votes from all parties. The BJD alleged that Ray,...

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Sunday slammed the BJP government in Odisha for total failure of leadership over the rising number of incidents of crimes against women. Addressing the party's women leaders and members here on the occasion of International Women's Day, Patnaik said the...

 Angul: Two Class-7 girls who fled from their homes to avoid annual examinations were rescued from the house of a relative of one of them in Odisha's Angul district, the police said Sunday. The two girls left their homes under the Maitri Vihar police station...

Ahmedabad: New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bowl against defending champions India in the T20 World Cup final Sunday. The Kiwis brought back in pacer Jacob Duffy to their playing eleven in place of all-rounder and off-spinner Luke McConchie. India...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested a government engineer for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said. Pramod Kumar Ray, assistant executive engineer (AEE) in the Derabish irrigation sub-division under the Kendrapara irrigation division, was apprehended a day after disproportionate...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday disbursed over Rs 5,100 crore for more than one crore women beneficiaries of the state's flagship ‘Subhadra Yojana’, coinciding with International Women's Day. CM Majhi disbursed the fourth instalment of the scheme at a special event held...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said his government is committed to take women power forward in every field. CM Majhi said this while greeting all women of the state on the occasion of International Women's Day. The CM in a post on...