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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) Tuesday issued comprehensive guidelines ahead of Diwali celebrations, appealing to citizens to observe the festival in an environmentally responsible manner and in compliance with noise and air pollution norms. As per the advisory, people have been urged...

Kolkata: Even as the investigation into the gangrape of a medico from Odisha at a medical college in Durgapur is underway, the National Commission for Women (NCW), in its fact-finding report, Tuesday flagged “security lapses” and “gross negligence” on the part of West Bengal Police...

Bhubaneswar: Four persons were Tuesday arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a laboratory attendant of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, police said. Sudhanshu Khuntia was shot dead Monday morning when he was on his way to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. The prime accused, however, is still absconding, and efforts...

Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested in Odisha's Cuttack Tuesday for allegedly posting morphed obscene videos of various public figures on social media, police said. The accused was identified as Biswaballhab Nanda Kunmun, a resident of Salepur, they said. The videos he posted were found to...

Bhubaneswar: The state government is set to launch ‘Ama Su Vahak’ scheme that aims at empowering women with entrepreneurial opportunities in the transportation sector by providing them interest-free loans to purchase four-wheeler taxis, Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena said Tuesday. The initiative, tailored...

Bhubaneswar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha, R.S. Gopalan, Tuesday, emphasised the need to tackle any misleading information spread in connection with the initiative of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the 2026 Electoral Rolls in the state. During a virtual meeting with the district...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sujeet Kumar, Tuesday, claimed that the party is likely to field Jay Dholakia, son of former Odisha Minister and late Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Rajendra Dholakia, as its candidate for the upcoming bye-election in the Nuapada Assembly...

Puri: A comprehensive security plan will be prepared soon for foolproof security of the 12th-century Shree Jagannath temple in Puri, Girish Chandra Murmu, the head of the security sub-committee of the shrine, said Tuesday. Murmu, a former Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Comptroller...

Bhubaneswar: Eleven people were arrested in Odisha's Cuttack district for allegedly hunting bats, officials said Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the Forest Department intercepted an auto-rickshaw near Khuntuni Monday and found 796 dead bats and four live ones packed in two bags, they said. Those...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi spoke to the 23-year-old Durgapur gang rape survivor over the phone and assured her of all possible support. The survivor, a second-year MBBS student at a private medical college in West Bengal's Durgapur, was allegedly gang-raped by at...