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Puri: Alleging mismanagement during the Rath Yatra in Puri, the opposition in Odisha Monday demanded a judicial inquiry and accused the BJP government of suppressing facts about casualties during the festival. Addressing a press conference here, BJD vice-president Sanjay Das Burma alleged that the government...

Puri: Amid a surge of devotees during the annual Rath Yatra in Puri, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Monday cautioned the public against fraudulent advertisements offering 'VIP darshan on payment', asserting that no such facility exists at the 12th-century shrine. The SJTA lodged a...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured after a goods truck rammed into a stationary truck in Odisha's Kataka district Monday, police said. The driver of the goods truck allegedly lost control of the vehicle and hit a truck parked along the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha units of the CPI and CPI(M) have opposed any move to grant premature release to Rabindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons, urging the...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police arrested two persons, including a woman, for allegedly duping a Bhubaneswar-based couple of around Rs 90 lakh by luring them to invest in a legitimate online dollar trading business with the promise of high returns. The accused were identified as Nilima Satpathy...

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of forest-dependent families across Odisha are finding new sources of income and hope through a community-led forestry initiative that is combining livelihood generation with sustainable forest management, claimed officials Sunday. What began as small financial assistance for struggling forest-dependent families has evolved into...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s recognition among the top five investment-friendly states is a matter of immense pride for every Odia. This achievement reflects our collective commitment to transparent governance, industry-friendly policies and efficient service delivery. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Sunday. Odisha has been ranked fifth...

Bhubaneswar: A 55-year-old Ama Bus driver was arrested Sunday after a motorcyclist died in a collision near KIIT Campus-9 here, police said. The victim, identified as D Subham Rao, a resident of the city, was riding a Luna moped home at about 8 am when...

Bhubaneswar: The CBI conducted searches at six locations across four states including Odisha and West Bengal, in connection with a Rs 1,109-crore bank fraud case against a Bhubaneswar-based power infrastructure company, officials said Sunday. The operation conducted Saturday covered residential premises of accused directors of...

Bhubaneswar: The retail price of an egg has increased from Rs 7 to Rs 9 per piece in Odisha over the past few days, putting additional pressure on consumers, officials said Sunday. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik said Odisha depends on other...