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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has seized ganja worth Rs 2,106 crore and hash oil valued at Rs 225 crore, besides destroying illegal hemp cultivation spread over 63,720 acres, during a statewide anti-drug drive conducted between July 2024 and March 2026, DGP YB Khurania said Wednesday. Khurania...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has busted an interstate human trafficking racket and rescued a woman and six girls from Hyderabad, while arresting two alleged traffickers, officials said Wednesday. The action followed an investigation into the disappearance of a woman from Adava police station area in Gajapati...

Bhubaneswar: With monsoon rains lashing Odisha and the threat of urban flooding and waterlogging looming over several cities and towns, the state government has placed all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) on high alert. Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra has directed all ULBs to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Wednesday arrested two officials of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, in separate disproportionate assets (DA) cases. Vigilance later produced them before the Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, Sambalpur. In the first case, Dhanurdhar Biswal, Establishment...

Surat/Bhubaneswar: Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat City Police has arrested two men from Odisha and seized 20 kilograms of ganja valued at Rs 10 lakh during a raid at a residential premises in the Ved Road area of Gujarat's Surat as part of an...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday said it would issue corrected textbooks to school children soon and rejected claims about the number of errors in those books. The actual number of errors is much lower than the claimed figure, said N Thirumala Naik, School and Mass Education...

Phulbani: Odisha Vigilance has arrested an Assistant Engineer and a Junior Engineer of Kotagarh block in Kandhamal district for allegedly embezzling more than Rs 42 lakh through fake bills generated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The arrested officials have been...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the DGP to initiate disciplinary proceedings against senior IPS officer Dayal Gangwar, who has been suspended for allegedly harassing and exploiting constables, an official said Wednesday. The home department issued an order June 29 for disciplinary proceedings against Gangwar...

By  Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: Amid a spate of attacks on healthcare professionals in Odisha, this year’s National Doctors’ Day theme, “Behind the Mask: Who Heals the Healers?”, has assumed added significance, highlighting the growing physical, emotional and professional challenges faced by doctors, particularly the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Tuesday said children are the nation's greatest asset and that protecting their rights is a collective responsibility of the government and society. Parida said this while inaugurating a five-day orientation training programme for the newly appointed chairpersons and...