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Bhubaneswar: Demanding a fair probe into the alleged NEET-UG 2026 question paper leak and resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the youth and student wings of the opposition BJD Wednesday staged protests across several towns in Odisha. Holding placards and raising slogans, hundreds of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday announced that a new express train will soon operate from the pilgrim town of Puri to the tribal hinterland of Koraput three times a week. Majhi said the decision follows approval from the Railway Ministry for the...

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan has allegedly advised BJD president Naveen Patnaik to remain aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi instead of tilting towards other political formations, triggering a fresh political controversy in Odisha. Pradhan allegedly made the remark at a public meeting in his...

Bhubaneswar: Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal amid rising global oil prices and geopolitical tensions in West Asia, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday halved the number of vehicles used in his official convoy. A statement by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said...

MANOJ KUMAR JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: A female engineering student was allegedly gangraped by her boyfriend and his three friends in a room at Kaimatia area under Info Valley police limits, police said Wednesday. The accused have been identified as the victim’s boyfriend Subhankar Padhi (23),...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of the BJP will organise a massive e-bike rally in Bhubaneswar to welcome party president Nitin Nabin during his maiden visit to the state May 18. The rally will begin at the Bhubaneswar airport and conclude at Jatani, where a training camp...

Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: Former BJD MLA Haji Md Ayub Khan died at his residence in Odisha's Bolangir district Wednesday after a prolonged illness, his family said. Khan, a two-time legislator from the Kantabanji Assembly constituency, was 78. He breathed his last around 8.30 am, they said. He...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has directed all departments to remain on high alert and ensure full preparedness for any possible cyclone, even as the IMD stated that there is currently no such threat along the state's coast. The direction was issued by Chief Secretary Anu Garg...

Bhubaneswar: Even after three days of its investigation into the killing of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain, the Crime Branch (CB) is yet to question one of the two alleged women victims in the case, drawing accusations from the victims’ family that investigators are delaying...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: The alleged irregularities and suspected paper leak in the NEET-UG 2026 examination have left many aspirants across Odisha distressed, with several describing the controversy as mentally exhausting after years of preparation. The issue has now snowballed into a nationwide controversy,...