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By BANDANA SETHI, OP Bhubaneswar: A striking blend of mythology, tribal narratives, artistic craftsmanship and traditional worship is set to define the 16th annual Durga Puja celebrations of the Jharpada Durga Puja Committee, which is preparing an elaborate pandal and a host of cultural attractions...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 6,649 candidates will contest student union elections at 347 colleges and 13 universities in Odisha October 15, official sources said Saturday. The Higher Education Department released the final list of candidates Saturday after the completion of the nomination withdrawal process. Of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has condemned the action of the Delhi Police against protesters in New Delhi and demanded immediate release of party general secretary MA Baby, Odisha state secretary Suresh Chandra Panigrahy and several senior national...

Bhubaneswar: Members of the BJP's Odisha women's wing burnt an effigy of Rahul Gandhi Saturday and questioned the "silence" of his party over Jawaharlal Nehru University dismissing professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, also a Congress MP from Manipur, following sexual harassment complaints against him. Akoijam was...

Bhubaneswar: BJP sparred with the BJD and Congress over reports of violence ahead of students' union elections in Odisha next week, with the Opposition alleging poll process manipulation and the ruling party accusing its rivals of engineering disturbances, fearing "certain defeat". The elections, scheduled for...

Bhubaneswar: In total, 33,515 people submitted Form-6 applications for inclusion of their names in the electoral rolls during a three-day special enrolment drive in Odisha, an official said Saturday. The drive was conducted from October 7 to 9 on the EC's directions to facilitate the...

Puri: The craze for making social media reels claimed two lives in Odisha within 24 hours, with a boy and a snake catcher dying in separate incidents, police said Saturday. In the first incident, the boy died after being hit by a train while allegedly...

Bhubaneswar/Sundaragada: An Odisha government employee was arrested Saturday for allegedly possessing assets, including four buildings, seven high-value plots, and bank deposits worth around Rs 1.46 crore, disproportionate to his known sources of income, a vigilance officer said. The accused, identified as Prasanna Kumar Patra, has...

Bhubaneswar: Three more Odisha government employees were arrested for allegedly being involved in the "misappropriation" of public funds of around Rs 9.24 crore, taking the total number of apprehended persons in the case to nine, the vigilance department said Saturday. A senior accountant at the...

Bhubaneswar: People across Odisha Saturday paid obeisance to their forefathers on the occasion of 'Mahalaya', which marks the end of 'Pitru Paksha'. People across the state converged at water bodies, including the sea, rivers and ponds, to offer 'tila tarpan' and 'pinda daan' to their...