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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...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD Sunday said it would raise several issues concerning Odisha in Parliament during the Monsoon Session, including alleged hurdles in the utilisation of MPLADS funds, non-revision of coal royalty and errors in school textbooks. The issues were raised by BJD's Rajya Sabha...

Puri: The authorities of the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple conducted a special inventory of the Ratna Bhandar (temple treasury) Sunday, following the standard operating procedure approved by the Odisha government, officials said. The inventory was carried out while Lord Jagannath and his sibling deities were...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police has arrested a man on charges of duping a Kataka‑based woman of Rs 20 lakh after allegedly borrowing the money on the pretext of funding his son’s higher education, police officials said Sunday. The accused, identified as Shasadhar Panda, a native of...

New Delhi/Puri: Fresh off scripting history as the first Indian shuttler to conquer the prestigious Japan Open, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu expressed deep gratitude and spiritual joy, dedicating her monumental victory to Lord Jagannath. Sindhu defeated home favourite Akane Yamaguchi to win the Japan...

Bhubaneswar/Brahmapur: The death of an elderly widow in Odisha's Ganjam district after an alleged three-month delay in receiving her social security pension was not an isolated incident but the “outcome of a wider collapse in the state's pension delivery system that left nearly 18 lakh...