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Bhubaneswar: Seventy-four more coastal villages in Odisha were Monday declared "tsunami ready" under a UNESCO-IOC programme, taking the total number of such villages in the state to 100, officials said. The recognition was announced at a meeting of the National Tsunami Ready Board (NTRB) and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government borrowed Rs 89,353 crore from different sources and repaid pending loans worth Rs 58,565 crore during the past two-and-a-half years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the assembly Monday. Replying to a question by BJD legislator Tusharkanti Behera, Majhi said his...

Bhubaneswar: Three school students of Bhubaneswar, who went missing on Sunday evening, were rescued from Jagatsinghpur district within 24 hours, a police officer said. The police traced them with the help of CCTV footage and rescued them on Monday. Two class IX students and a...

Bhubaneswar: The Naba Nirman Yuva Chhatra Sangathan, a student outfit, has demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over glaring factual errors in school textbooks and called a 12-hour Odisha bandh September 30. The organisation claimed that textbooks for Classes I...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 71,769 cases of crimes against women were registered at different police stations across Odisha between June 2024 and July 2026, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly Monday. In a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Sofia Firdous,...

Bhubaneswar: About 15 percent of Odisha's sanctioned IAS posts are vacant, with 36 of the 248 sanctioned posts remaining unfilled, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said in a written reply in the Assembly Monday. The state currently has 212 IAS officers in service, of whom...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has directed all district Collectors to undertake a time-bound review of government land allotted for developmental and public welfare purposes and initiate action against those found misusing or unauthorisedly retaining such land. The Revenue & Disaster Management Department has asked Collectors...

Bhubaneswar: BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Monday said he will fight against the MMDR Act "till his last breath" to "safeguard the future of Gen Z". Addressing a massive BJD rally outside the Odisha Assembly demanding the repeal of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation)...

Bhubaneswar: Three minor children have reportedly gone missing from the Chandrasekharpur police station area in Bhubaneswar, sources said Monday. The source added that the children, residents of Sitanath and Adarsh Basti, left their respective homes Sunday to attend tuition classes but did not return. Two...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly witnessed noisy scenes for the fifth consecutive working day Monday as Opposition BJD and Congress MLAs staged protests against the MMDR Act, prompting the adjournment of the proceedings till 4 pm. As soon as the House assembled for Question Hour at 10.30...