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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...

Koraput: Odisha Police Friday unearthed a Maoist arms and explosives dump during a search operation in the dense forests of Koraput district, dealing another blow to Naxal activities in the region, officials said. The dump was detected at Tentuliguma within Boipariguda police station limits of...

Sundaragada: The family of a teenager who died in a landslide in Odisha's Sundaragada district are unable to perform his last rites as the post-mortem examination has not been conducted even after two days due to ongoing 'ceasework' by doctors, an official said Friday. The...

Joda: A minor was killed, and another sustained critical injuries after an earthen mound collapsed during alleged illegal manganese mining in the Malda reserve forest on the fringes of Kendujhar-Sundargarh districts in the wee hours of Thursday, police said. The deceased and the injured are...