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Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Odisha Crime Branch Saturday arrested the alleged mastermind of the Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment examination scam, Shankar Prusty, from Uttarakhand near the Nepal border, officials said. According to a source, Prusty had been absconding since the scam surfaced and was...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday inaugurated 44 more offices for registration of land spread across 13 districts of the state. Majhi virtually inaugurated the sub-registration offices at the Lok Seva Bhawan here. Another 56 such offices are planned to be opened in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday started receiving new applications under its ambitious women-centric scheme Subhadra Yojana. Women, who attained 21 years of age as on April 1, are now eligible for the scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said here Saturday. Eligible women who are...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Two days after Maoists sent a message to continue their activities in Odisha, state police have tightened security in bypoll-bound Nuapada, bordering Left Wing Extremism-hit Chhattisgarh, a senior official said Saturday. Police plans to deploy 14 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), comprising...

Bhubaneswar: Power electronics chip company SiCSem performed groundbreaking ceremony in Bhubaneswar Saturday for setting up the country's first end-to-end silicon carbide semiconductor production plant, entailing investment of about Rs 2,000 crore. The integrated facility, expected to be operational by 2027-28, will have a capacity of...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing displeasure over the public statement of Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M on a sub judice election case, the Orissa High Court has directed the IPS officer to explain the circumstances for making such remarks and asked why it should not be treated as...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), at its 35th General Body Meeting, announced a series of major urban development initiatives, including taking over 316 kilometres of drains from the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department and creating dedicated parking zones for trucks at Aiginia and Kuberpuri....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has set an ambitious target to provide irrigation facilities to 15 lakh hectares of agricultural land across the state by 2029–30, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced Friday. During his visit to the State Hydrological Data Centre, Majhi reviewed water levels...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the Centre has approved 62 more postgraduate (PG) seats in six state-run medical colleges and hospitals for the 2025-26 academic year. Majhi said the approval for additional PG seats is a “significant milestone” in strengthening the...

Cuttack: Orissa High Court Friday rejected the bail pleas of two accused, Soumya Sankar Chakra alias Raja and Susanta Kumar Samal, in connection with a massive financial fraud involving the Gandhamardan Loading Agency and Transporting Co-operative Society Ltd. Delivering the judgment, Justice Gourishankar Satapathy observed...