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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday intensified relief and rescue operations and prepared to air-drop food packets in flood-hit Ganjam and Gajapati districts, where thousands of people have been marooned for over 24 hours due to floods triggered by incessant rain during cyclone Arnab, officials said. Chief...

Kendrapada: Police recovered a naked, headless body of an unidentified woman, estimated to be around 40 years old, near the Luna river embankment in Odisha’s Kendrapada district Friday morning. Preliminary suspicion suggests that the woman may have been murdered and her body dumped near the...

Bhubaneswar: More than 35.39 lakh farmers in Odisha will receive the 24th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme Friday, an official said. The instalment will be released at a national-level programme to be held in Gujarat. PM Narendra Modi will attend the event and release the...

Brahmapur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will visit flood-affected Ganjam and Gajapati districts Friday to review the damage caused by Cyclone Arnab and assess ongoing relief and rescue operations. According to source, Majhi is scheduled to reach the districts around noon and will first...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission (OUSSSC) has extended the deadline for updating and validating credentials and data of candidates who applied for the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE)-2024, or Sub-Inspector level examination, by 10 days to November 8. According to a press...

Daringbadi: Cyclone Arnab has disrupted normal life in Daringbadi block of Kandhamala district, damaging roads and triggering landslides at several locations, causing inconvenience to residents. A fresh landslide was reported in the Gazalbadi Ghat section along National Highway 59, which connects Gopalpur in Ganjam district...

Gopalpur: Incessant rainfall triggered by cyclonic storm Arnab disrupted normal life and severely affected road connectivity along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border Thursday, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on National Highway 16. Since Thursday morning, nearly three feet of water from the Bahuda River and adjoining...

Jharsuguda/Kolabira: As wild elephants increasingly venture into human settlements in Odisha, damaging crops and houses and sometimes killing people, an elephant named Raju has emerged as an unlikely protector of villages near the Jalibahal forest in Jharsuguda district. Residents say Raju intercepts wild elephant herds...

Koraput: The Odisha government has taken a firm stance against Andhra Pradesh’s attempt to conduct panchayat elections in Kotia under Pottangi block of Koraput district, triggering heightened political and administrative activity in the state. Meanwhile, the district administration warned those found luring voters in Kotia...

Baripada: Mining officials and police personnel came under attack while trying to stop illegal sand transportation in Mayurbhanj district with sand smugglers allegedly snatching away three Hyva trucks and an excavator that had been detained by the authorities and abducting two armed police personnel before...