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Rayagada: A cache of firearms and ammunition were recovered from inside a reserve forest in Odisha's Rayagada district, officials said Saturday. The suspected Maoist dump was unearthed inside the Raghubari Reserve Forest in the Ambadala police station area during a joint operation by the District...

Bhubaneswar: Government doctors in Odisha Saturday suspended their cease-work agitation after a meeting with Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling, who assured them that their demands would be examined by a high-powered committee. The decision was announced by Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) president Kishore Chandra Mishra...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s statewide agitation by government doctors entered its fourth consecutive day Saturday, disrupting hospital services across the state and leaving long queues of unattended patients at major medical facilities. The strike, led by doctors under the banner of Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA), affected...

Sambalpur: Padma Shri awardee and Sambalpuri folk singer Jitendra Haripal of 'Rangabati re Rangabati' fame has been sanctioned a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 by Odisha government. The assistance was sanctioned following Haripal's appeal to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi last...

Bhubaneswar: IMD issued a red alert for five Odisha districts after a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast was forecast to intensify over the next two days. The warning has been issued for Sambalpur, Anugola, Sonpur, Boudhagada...

Kendrapada: Concerns have emerged over whether the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha will be able to identify and remove the names of alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from the voter list. Sources claim that some individuals are maintaining one identity at...

By DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: With impact of global warming becoming increasingly visible in Ganjam district, frequent incidence of seawater ingress has left coastal dwellers in constant panic, threatening their farmlands and livelihood. The advancing sea has not only gobbled up chunks of settlements...

Anugola: A special Vigilance court in Anugola district Friday sentenced a former assistant sub-inspector (ASI) to four years’ imprisonment after convicting him in a bribery case. The convict, Chittaranjan Sahu, 53, formerly posted at Nisha Industrial Area police station and now attached to the Palalahada...

Nandapur: Andhra Pradesh Police have returned Rs 2.5 lakh to the families of two youths from Koraput district amid allegations that the money was collected in exchange for their release after they were unlawfully detained and tortured. The refund follows intervention by the Koraput district...

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Dr Ajit Kumar Shasany, Director of CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Odisha (CUO). The appointment has been made by President Droupadi Murmu in her capacity as the Visitor of the Central...