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Bargarh: In a bizarre turn of events amid a stir over mismanagement in paddy procurement, about 15 bags of paddy left at the Bargarh Collectorate as part of a farmers’ protest allegedly disappeared overnight, sparking outrage among cultivators. Farmers said the paddy bags, stacked on...

Balasore: Exposing loopholes in security arrangements, a rape accused gave the police a slip while being produced in a court Friday. As per reports, accused Sk Istekhar from Gopinathpur area under Singla police limits in the district was accused of raping a woman belonging to...

Gop: A 17-year-old college student was seriously injured after being attacked with a blade in an alleged attempt to murder her at Nagpursahi village under Gop police station in Puri district Friday. The victim, Rani Bishwal, daughter of Charan Bishwal, was cycling to Gop College...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah Friday unveiled 199 developmental projects in police, health, education and other departments valued at Rs 3,275 crore in Odisha. During his one-day visit to the state, Shah inaugurated 69 projects worth Rs 1,159 crore and laid foundation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan Friday launched a citizen awareness initiative on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls and appealed to voters in the state, especially those in urban areas, to verify their details in the 2002 electoral rolls....

Mundali (Odisha): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday announced that the Central Industrial Security Force will now oversee the security of various sea ports across the country. In his address at the 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Mundali, Shah...

Paradip: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said Odisha will soon join the league of developed states in the country and become the richest province by optimally using its natural resources. After inaugurating a sulphuric acid plant of IFFCO, he claimed that the BJP government...

Paradip: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday inaugurated IFFCO's sulphuric acid plant in Odisha's Jagatsingpur district to boost fertiliser production capacity. The new plant at Paradip will help enhance the fertiliser production capacity of IFFCO and achieve the goal of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', an official said....

Kolkata: The 200 judicial officers from the two neighbouring states of Jharkhand and Odisha will reach West Bengal by Saturday, and join from March 9, the ongoing exercise of the judicial adjudication of the voters' documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category by the Election...

Bhubaneswar: At least five people were killed in road accidents in three districts of Odisha Friday, police said. Two people died in motorcycle accidents in Nayagarh and Puri districts each, while one man lost his life when a truck crashed into a house where he...