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Baripada: The authorities of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday announced that the reserve will remain closed for tourists from June 29 owing to the onset of the monsoon season. However, the ecotourism complexes at Jamuani and Talabandha will remain open for...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's 'Millennium City' Cuttack, will now be spelt as 'Kataka' as the state government Monday changed the English spelling of 64 places -- districts, sub-divisions, tehsils, blocks and urban bodies. In the same way, Balasore will now be written as 'Baleshwar' and Rourkela as...

Sonepur: Around 33,000 sacks of paddy have remained exposed to rain at the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) in Singhijuba under Binika block of Odisha's Subarnapur district Monday, as millers are yet to lift the stock. However, continuous rainfall in recent days has soaked the...

Bhubaneswar: A string of incidents reported from different parts of Odisha in recent months has sparked debate over alleged administrative apathy and the "growing disconnect" between citizens and the institutions meant to serve them. Though unrelated in nature, the cases share a common thread: families...

Sambalpur: A migrant worker from Kerala was allegedly assaulted by a group of people in Odisha's Sambalpur district on suspicion that he was a criminal, police said Monday. The incident took place in Khetrajpur police station area Sunday and came to light after a video...

Bhubaneswar/Chennai: Odisha's Labour Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia Monday said efforts are being made to bring back the mortal remains of the five women who died in an ammonia gas leak at a private fish meal export factory in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur to their native place...

Bhograi: A boycott of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise by residents of Sankhamedi village in Balasore district has brought renewed attention to a decades-old border dispute between Odisha and West Bengal. The development has triggered concern among local intellectuals and civil society members,...

Nandapur: A total of 648 teachers in the undivided Koraput region have sought transfer to their home districts on medical grounds, raising concerns over potential disruption to education in tribal areas. To verify their medical claims, the state government has constituted a special medical board,...

Purushottampur: Purushottampur NAC’s streetlight expansion project has run into controversy after 10 poles supplied under a government-funded illumination scheme were allegedly withheld by a local resident over an unresolved payment dispute with a private contractor. Sources said 263 streetlight poles were supplied to the NAC...

Chhatrapur: Kabisuryanagar police in Ganjam district arrested seven alleged robbers and recovered weapons and stolen property within 24 hours of a farmhouse robbery, police said Sunday. Ganjam Superintendent of Police Harisha B C said the accused were identified as Santosh Mahapatra, Manoranjan Gouda, Rudranarayan Sethi,...