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Boudh: Boudh Police Wednesday cracked the murder of a young businessman and arrested two persons in this connection. Addressing a presser, Boudh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Goel said that businessman K Manoj Patra was murdered by a group of miscreants who attempted to rob...

Balasore: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a four-member high-level fact-finding committee to investigate alleged illegal activities at Gadre Marine Export Private Ltd operating in Balasore district. The committee has been directed to conduct an on-site investigation at the plant located at Tundura Chhak...

Rourkela : National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela will be coordinating Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2025 for the academic year 2025-26, facilitating admissions to undergraduate programmes at IITs, NITs and other institutions, officials said Wednesday. CSAB 2025 is designed to offer a seamless, transparent,...

Balasore: Two youths died when a tractor in which they were travelling overturned in Balasore district Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred at Talakurunia village under the Gopalpur police station. The deceased were identified as Satyajit Malik, 20, and Dinesh Panigrahi, 18, police said. They...

Padmapur: A minor boy and a woman were killed after lightning struck them on a farmland during a thunderstrom at Lakhmara village under Jagdalpur police limits in Bargarh district Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mamata Meher, 40, and her nephew Ashis Meher, 14,...

Balasore: A court in Odisha's Balasore district Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of defrauding investors. The designated court set up under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011, also slapped a...

By Patit Mandal, OP Beyond the grand spires of Puri and Bhubaneswar, a quieter narrative unfolds, one where folklore breathes through fading stone and belief turns the ordinary into the divine. These lesser-known sites may lie off the tourist map, but for locals, these legends...

Bhubaneswar: In a push to upgrade healthcare infrastructure, the Odisha government has announced an investment of nearly Rs 9,200 crore to transform four of the state's key medical institutions. The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in...

Chikiti: A man was found dead with his throat slit near a pond alongside Dhanaghara-Maa Balakumari road under Chikiti outpost and K Nuagaon police station in Berhampur. The deceased was identified as Balaram Mahankuda, 35, a resident of Rampur village under Ramchandrapur panchayat. Following a...

Jajpur: The Jajpur district administration has initiated steps for establishment of the country’s fourth-largest underground oil storage facility, known as Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve (ISPR), at the foothills of Dankari hill in Dharmasala tehsil area. As part of this process, Jajpur Collector P Anvesha Reddy,...