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Bhubaneswar: The additional secretary of Odisha's transport and commerce department, Arun Kumar Biswal, was arrested Friday for allegedly "sexually harassing and attempting to murder" a woman employee, police said. Biswal was arrested following a written complaint lodged by the woman at Kharvelnagar police station. According...

Bhubaneswar/Baragada: Odisha government has sent DNA test reports of the family members of four Odisha-origin people who went missing following the devastating glacial collapse and flash floods in Nepal, an official said Friday. The natural calamity hit the Himalayan nation August 26, killing at least...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik Friday raised concerns over the recently announced 0.4 per cent Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on certain Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions above Rs 2,000, stating that the...

Ranchi/Bhubaneswar: Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Ranchi Zonal Office conducted search and seizure operations at seven locations in Jharkhand and Odisha in connection with its money laundering investigation into the alleged Jharkhand State Co-operative Bank (JSCB) scam, the agency said Friday. The searches, carried out under Section...

Kataka: A statue of former Odisha Chief Minister Nandini Satpathy was unveiled in Kataka today at Daya Ashram Park near Biju Patnaik Square. The programme was organised by the Kataka Municipal Corporation. Justice Bimal Prasad Das attended as the chief guest, while MLA Sofia Firdous...

Bhubaneswar: Around one crore 'diyas' were lit across Odisha Thursday evening to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and several others participating in the 'Ashirwad Ka Diya' programme at the Mukteswar Temple here. Similar programmes were organised in...

New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday expressed pride over NIT  Rourkela’s indigenous semiconductor chip designs being showcased at SEMICON India 2026. Majhi said the achievement reflected the talent, innovation and research capabilities of Odisha’s institutions and was a matter of immense pride...

RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: The Skill Development and Technical Education department has come under scrutiny over poor utilisation of budgetary funds, with no expenditure reported under 16 schemes involving Rs 740 crore, even as nearly half of the financial year has passed. Finance Adviser-cum-Special Secretary...

SUCHISMITA SAHU, OP Bhubaneswar: Despite several schemes launched by the central and state governments to provide quality education and equip students with digital learning skills, implementation delays have raised questions over the delivery of these initiatives in Odisha. Both the Centre and state governments have...

RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has set a target of generating Rs 1,054.33 crore from the sale of land and buildings in 2026-27, according to its budget estimates. The BDA has projected a surplus fund of Rs 1,909.59 crore for the...