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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "sanskar" (values) over his alleged mockery of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying basic courtesy should not be reduced to political theatrics. Majhi made the remarks in a post on X while...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD's youth and student wings Sunday announced a two-day Assembly gherao from September 22 over errors in school textbooks for Classes I to VIII, demanding the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond. Biju Yuva Janata Dal president Chinmay Sahu and...

Bhubaneswar: A man allegedly beat his wife to death over a domestic dispute and then "died by suicide" by hanging himself in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, police said. The incident took place on Saturday night in Dadaraghati village under Parjang police limits in the district. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has suspended a doctor of Brahmapur circle jail for allegedly facilitating a murder-accused's conversation with a witness from prison, officials said Sunday. Susanta Kumar Panigrahi, deployed as a special psychiatrist at Brahmapur circle jail, was suspended with immediate effect, as per...

Bhubaneswar: A technical team has examined the health condition of five rescued orangutan cubs, quarantined at the Nandankanan Zoological Park, a statement said Sunday. The team, comprising veterinary officers from the Delhi Zoo and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) at Dehradun, also advised that...

Bhubaneswar: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai Sunday asserted that the Mahanadi water dispute with Odisha is likely to be resolved "very soon" as the Centre is working in that direction. Sai, who is on a two-day visit to Odisha, made the remarks upon his...

Bhubaneswar: Cuba's Ambassador to India, Juan Carlos Marsan Aguilera, said his country was opposed to the US policy of imposing tariffs on others for political reasons. He, however, claimed the island nation maintains a cordial relationship with the people of the USA while opposing Washington's...

Bhubaneswar: Two people were killed after a truck crashed into a trailer on National Highway 16 near Totapada Chhak Sunday. The accident took place when the truck was travelling at high speed from Brahmapur toward Bhubaneswar and rammed into the trailer from behind. The truck's...

By BANDANA SETHI, OP Bhubaneswar: Long before Bhawani Mall altered the landscape of this Odisha capital’s Saheed Nagar neighbourhood, a bustling 4-acre market stood in its place. Inaugurated in August 1967 by the late MLA Raj Ballabh Mishra, the original Saheed Nagar Haat was designed...

Bhubaneswar: BJD Rajya Sabha member Santrupt Misra Saturday questioned the Centre’s proposed charges on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, warning that the move could burden small traders and consumers. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Misra said UPI had transformed digital payments in the country...