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Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader and former Odisha MLA Devendra Sharma died at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Friday evening, family sources said. Sharma (66) was suffering from cancer and was undergoing treatment for the last several days, they said. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi,...

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) said thunderstorms with lightning, hail and gusty winds would lash several parts of Odisha Saturday. In a bulletin Friday evening, the weather office said thunderstorms with wind speeds reaching 50-60 kmph would occur in some places of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak,...

Balasore: Odisha Police Friday seized brown sugar worth Rs 26 lakh in Balasore district and arrested one person, an officer said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team caught a man with brown sugar from near the West Bengal-Odisha border. The brown sugar weighing 260...

Berhampur: A Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) in Odisha's Ganjam district was arrested by the state vigilance Friday for allegedly embezzling government funds of over Rs 43 lakh for cricket betting and online gaming, an officer said. Khetramohan Nayak of Radhadeipur gram panchayat under Sanakhemundi block...

Bhawanipatna: Despite efforts by the Central and state governments to provide safe drinking water to people in rural areas, tapped drinking water supply remains a dream for many households. While the BASUDHA (Buxi Jagabandhu Assured Drinking Water to all Habitation) scheme in Kalahandi remains largely...

Rourkela: Researchers from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have developed an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart device to monitor the quality of ingredients in processed food. The colourimeter, developed in partnership with teams from the University of the Philippines Los Banos, Philippines, tracks...

Rourkela/New Delhi: Former Union Minister Dillip Ray Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to establish a new railway division at Rourkela and expedite the expansion of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). Ray, who met Modi in New Delhi, raised three key developmental issues concerning Rourkela...

Bhawanipatna: A superintending engineer of the Bhawanipatna minor irrigation division has been suspended from his post on charge of tender fixing. The accused superintending engineer was identified as Jagannath Mallick, who is posted in the minor irrigation division office at Bhawanipatna. He has been accused...

Lahunipara: Police recovered the half-burnt body of a married woman near a canal near Raikalaposh village under Kuliposh panchayat and this police limits in Sundargarh district. The deceased was identified as Fulmani Munda, 30, wife of Turi Munda, 43. Police and a forensic team visited...

Jajpur: The state government’s recent decision to allow three more industries to draw water from Baitarani river has not only left the farmers of Jajpur and Keonjhar districts in a state of uncertainty over possible crop failure, but also posed a threat to the very...