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Puri: Heritage and cultural organisation Puri Parampara Suraksya Mancha has appealed to devotees and authorities to address what it describes as sensitive issues related to dance performances during Lord Jagannath’s annual Rath Yatra. The organisation has launched a campaign seeking permanent reforms to preserve the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (OPF) Sunday constituted a high-level committee to examine alleged errors and irregularities in the newly published SCERT textbooks for the 2026 27 academic session and recommend corrective measures. The decision was taken at a consultation meeting held at Gita Govinda...

Bhubaneswar: The 35-year-old ragpicker, Anil, who was swept away after falling into an open drain near Vani Vihar Square Saturday af ternoon , still remains untraceable as the search operation continues to trace him. According to locals, the man identified as Anil Singh reportedly slipped...

Bhubaneswar: Puri's titular king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb wrote to ISKCON, accusing it of hurting the sentiments of devotees by organising Lord Jagannath's Snan Yatra and Rath Yatra on dates that are not in accordance with scriptures. In a letter addressed to Shree Madhusevita Dasa...

Bhubaneswar: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate two new train services from Odisha Monday -- the Brahmapur-Surat (Udhna) Amrit Bharat Express and the Puri-Koraput Express, officials said. The inaugural ceremonies, to be held at Puri and Brahmapur, will also be attended by Odisha Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly circulating an AI-generated morphed video containing “obscene and defamatory” content targeting Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on social media, police said. Biswajit Sahu, a resident of Jagatpur in Cuttack district, was arrested in connection with...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Monsoon activity intensified across India Sunday, with heavy rain disrupting flight operations in Mumbai, triggering weather alerts in Kerala, Odisha and Jharkhand, and bringing widespread downpour to Delhi. Mumbai took the hardest hit as heavy overnight rain lashed the city, forcing the suspension...

Bhubaneswar: A day after a woman police official was found hanging at her official residence, the Odisha Police Officers' Association Sunday demanded a high-level inquiry into her death. The body of Beauty Mohanty, the inspector-in-charge of Chauliaganj police station in Cuttack, was found in her...

Bhubaneswar: Names of more than 20 lakh people were deleted from the voter lists following the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision in Odisha as the Election Commission published the draft electoral rolls Sunday. Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R S Gopalan said the...

Bhubaneswar: Sambit Patra, Member of Parliament from the Puri constituency, Sunday said his WhatsApp account had been hacked and warned people not to trust any messages or requests for money sent from his number. In a post on X, the Bharatiya Janata Party's national spokesperson...