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Berhampur: A special pilgrim train carrying 775 senior citizens from five districts of Odisha left Berhampur Monday for Omkareshwar and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh under the state government's Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra Yojana, aimed at facilitating pilgrimages for elderly citizens. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida...

Paradip: Jagatsinghpur district administration Monday demolished a house built illegally on government land in which some suspected Bangladeshis were staying, an official said. The action came a day after two police personnel, including a woman constable, were injured in the attack allegedly by the occupants...

Bhawanipatna: The healthcare system in Kalahandi district is facing a severe manpower crisis, with a large number of doctor and staff positions lying vacant. Due to staff shortage, residents are unable to access proper medical care despite visible infrastructure development. Official data show that 68...

Rayagada: State Higher Education, Sports and Youth Affairs, and Odia Language, Literature and Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj, along with Rajya Sabha MP Sujit Kumar, visited the MITS College and Mega Food Park at Bhujabala under Kolnara block in Rayagada district, Saturday. The minister reviewed the...

Jeypore: Police in Jeypore have arrested 18 people, including two minors, in connection with eight theft and robbery cases across Town, Sadar and Kundura police limits, officials said Sunday. SDPO Partha Kashyap told reporters that the arrests included six accused in a series of thefts...

Nilagiri: Dr Trinath Pal, 53, a well-known gynaecologist at the Nilagiri Subdivisional Hospital in Balasore district, died Sunday morning after collapsing on duty from a suspected heart attack. A resident of Bharasinghpur in Bhadrak district, Dr Pal arrived from Balasore as usual and was examining...

Kabisuryanagar: A man allegedly killed his 85-year-old father late Saturday night for money to buy alcohol at A Gopal Nagar of Barida village under this police limits in Ganjam district. The victim was identified as Padmanabha Sahu and the accused son as Ramesh Sahu, 40....

These are critical times. As societies, we are no longer able to band ourselves together. We feel uninspired to live responsibly as a collective. The crisis is more acute in Odisha. Middle-class Odisha, at least in the past three to four decades, has been deeply...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Sunday rejected Odisha’s Nuapada bypoll results in which the party finished third after the BJP and the Congress, and charged the ECI with failing to prevent "rigging" by the ruling party. The BJP denied the allegations. The Nuapada constituency was held by...

Phulbani: A Maoist couple surrendered before the police in Odisha's Kandhamal district Sunday, officials said. Unga Kalmu alias Kishore (25) and Mase Madvi (22) carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads, they said. The couple surrendered before Inspector-General of Southern Range...