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Udayagiri/Bhanjanagar: A Berhampur-bound passenger bus overturned on the Kalinga Ghat road in the Ganjam–Kandhamal border area early Friday, leaving one woman dead and 10 others injured, police said. The deceased was identified as Suryakanti Nayak of Aska in Ganjam district. The injured were taken to...

Rourkela: A large cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives, including sophisticated rifles, cartridges, and IEDs have been seized following an encounter with Maoists in the Saranda forest along the Odisha-Jharkhand border during a combing operation, security officials said Friday. Officials said a fierce gun battle...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Nuapada: Launching a scathing attack on the incumbent BJP government in the state, former Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik Friday Patnaik said the so-called “double engine” government has only delivered “double betrayal”. He said this during a...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan Friday instructed the District Election Officer (DEO) and Superintendent of Police to ensure that all political functionaries and party workers from outside the Nuapada constituency leave the area after the end of campaigning for the bypoll. Addressing...

Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik Friday accused the ruling BJP of "cheating" people by making "false promises" and forming a government. Campaigning for the BJD candidate in the Nuapada bypoll, the BJD chief said the BJP can form a government by making...

New Delhi/Sundargarh: State-owned engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) Friday said that it has secured an order worth Rs 6,650 core from NTPC Ltd for setting up an 800-MW unit at Darlipali Supercritical Thermal Power Project Stage-II in Odisha’s Sundargarh district. "BHEL has received...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of BJD president's Naveen Patnaik's scheduled road shows and public meetings in Odisha's Nuapada Friday, the opposition party has sought adequate security from the authorities, apprehending that BJP workers would throw stones towards the procession. A by-election will be held in Nuapada November...

Gopalpur: The scenic beauty of Gopalpur beach attracts tourists from across the state and even abroad who love to take a dip in the sea, but a moment’s carelessness while bathing can prove fatal, with several such incidents reported in the past. According to reports,...

Koraput: A major mishap was narrowly averted early Thursday morning after an Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) bus caught fire while traversing through the Sunki Ghat road in Parvathipuram Manyam district on National Highway 26 connecting Koraput and Visakhapatnam. Fortunately, all passengers escaped unhurt,...

Keonjhar: The anti-graft Vigilance wing of Odisha Police Thursday arrested a District Social Security Officer (DSSO) on the charge of receiving monetary gratification from a non-government organisation (NGO) functionary through a digital payment app. Biplab Keshari Samantray, DSSO, Keonjhar has been arrested by Odisha Vigilance...