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Bhubaneswar: In a move aimed at improving road safety and ensuring transparent enforcement of traffic rules, the State Transport Authority (STA) will launch the Intelligent Enforcement Management System (IEMS) on four key highway stretches across the state from August 1, enabling the automatic detection of...

Kendrapada: Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapada district will reopen to tourists Saturday after a three-month closure for the annual saltwater crocodile nesting season, with authorities set to enforce a strict green protocol, including a complete ban on single-use plastics and polythene inside the protected area....

Sonpur: A handloom weaver from Subarnapur district has crafted a unique silk saree featuring woven messages in the Sambalpuri language to celebrate Sambalpuri Din, showcasing the region’s rich weaving tradition. Hemanchal Meher, 44, of Haradkhol village in Sonpur block, spent more than three-and-a-half months producing...

Hatadihi: A complaint has been lodged at Nandipada police station in Kendujhar district over an alleged offensive social media post targeting Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The complaint was filed by Kanhei Charan Das of Kalin ga village, who alleged that a 28-year-old man identified...

Kendrapada: A woman was swept away in the swollen Luna river while watching the flood situation from a bridge in Kendrapada district Friday, police said. The missing woman has been identified as Manorama Das, wife of Gautam Das of Danapur village. According to local residents,...

Rayagada: Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found inside a suitcase near Khaliguda village in Rayagada district last month. The accused, identified as Boli Setti Suresh Kumar, an autorickshaw driver from Ganganagar in Visakhapatnam,...

Brahmapur: A special court in Odisha's Ganjam district Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl. The 30-year-old man lured away the class 10 student from her house October 7, 2020, on the pretext of marriage...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to undertake an aerial survey of several flood-hit northern districts Saturday, amid allegations by Opposition parties that he had been "feasting in Delhi" when the state people are reeling under the deluge. The recent flood has...

Jayapur: A Class-X student died after he was allegedly stabbed by two non-students near his school in Koraput district Friday, prompting his family to block a national highway and demand the immediate arrest of the accused. The victim, Mahesh Bagh of Bariniput village, was attacked...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of allegations of question paper leaks in the recently held Post Graduate medical MD/MS examination, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday alleged that the repeated incidents of question paper leaks in Odisha reflect the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government's failure...