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Bhubaneswar, April 5 The Odisha government has increased the quotas for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students and introduced reservation for the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) in medical and technical education.The decision was made at the cabinet meeting chaired by...

Bhubaneswar, April 4 Ten opposition parties in Odisha, including the BJD and Congress, strongly opposed the Railway Board's decision to transfer the Palasa-Ichhapuram section from East Coast Railway (ECoR) to South Coast Railway (SCoR) and termed it as "anti-Odisha and unjust".The BJD...

Bhubaneswar, April 3 The mercury rose to 40 degrees Celsius and above at nine locations in Odisha on Friday, with Jharsuguda recording the day's highest temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius.According to a bulletin from the IMD, Angul recorded a day temperature of 40.7 degrees Celsius, followed...

Bhubaneswar, April 2 – The Special Crime Unit (SCU) of the Commissionerate Police arrested a notorious criminal involved in the illegal firearms trade in Bhubaneswar and surrounding areas on Thursday.Acting on a coordinated intelligence tip-off, the SCU launched a surveillance operation...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 – The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a senior official of the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC), who was found possessing a large amount of assets, including cash worth Rs 48.79 lakh and gold weighing more than 1 kg, during a search of his...

Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced today that the government will launch a comprehensive nationwide series of regional agricultural conferences during April-May 2026, organized by region. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare stated that these...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated a visa application centre here on Wednesday.Speaking at the inauguration event, Majhi said the establishment of the centre reflects Odisha's growing global connectivity and the state government's commitment to...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait and RJD MP Sudhakar Singh alleged on Tuesday that they were not treated properly at the Odisha government's guest house in Bhubaneswar and that the police prevented other people from meeting them.However, the allegation was dismissed by Police...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 The Odisha Vigilance Department on Tuesday seized Rs 45.41 lakh in cash from the possession of an officer, who could not satisfactorily explain the source of the money, an official said.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the department intercepted Odisha Police Housing and...

Berhampur/Bhubaneswar (Odisha), March 31 A 17-year-old girl who had fled sexual abuse by her stepfather in Andhra Pradesh was allegedly drugged and raped by two individuals in Odisha, police said on Tuesday.The Odisha Police arrested two individuals and took a boy into custody in connection...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – In a shocking development, the Bhubaneswar police arrested two individuals on Monday on charges of gang-raping a woman in the Tamando area of the city during the night of March 27 and 28.The accused, identified as Narayana Swain (31) and Bichitra Sahoo (34), are from...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A special court for crimes against women and children (POCSO) here on Monday convicted a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 13-year-old girl in August 2020.Saroj Kumar Sahoo, additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Bhubaneswar, pronounced the...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A 21-year-old married woman from West Bengal was allegedly raped by two men in Bhubaneswar, police said.The incident occurred on March 27, and the two accused, both residents of Odisha's Nayagarh district, were arrested on Monday, they said.The woman had come to...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 Members of around 10 opposition parties, including the BJD, Congress, and CPI(M), staged a protest in Bhubaneswar on Monday, demanding the resignation of Odisha Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling over the death of 12 patients in the fire at the state-run hospital in Cuttack...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that BJP MP Nishikant Dubey needs the attention of a "mental health professional" for making "outrageous" remarks against freedom fighter and former chief minister Biju Patnaik.Condemning Dubey's remarks, the BJD chief said, "I...

Bhubaneswar, March 29 BJP MLA Nabin Jain has been booked for allegedly firing in the air during a Ram Navami procession in Titlagarh, Bolangir district, police said on Sunday.The legislator's personal security officer, Premachand Nag, has been suspended for negligence of duty after he was seen...

Bhubaneswar, March 28 The BJD on Saturday demanded the dismissal of Odisha's Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling and the arrest of BJP's Titlagarh MLA Nabin Jain for allegedly violating laws during Ram Navami processions in separate locations.The opposition party, in a statement, alleged that...

Bhubaneswar, March 27 Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi arrived here on Friday afternoon on a three-day official visit to Odisha.Soon after landing at the airport, General Dwivedi proceeded to the 120th Infantry Battalion (TA) in the city, where he was scheduled to interact with army officers...

Bhubaneswar, March 27 Devotees across Odisha, including the Jagannath temple in Puri, flocked to temples on Friday for Ram Navami, amidst stringent security measures.Surveillance was intensified across the state, particularly in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, and Sambalpur, which...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 Thousands of devotees participated in the ‘Rukuna Rath Yatra’, the annual car festival of Lord Lingaraj, here on Thursday amid tight security.The festival, held on the occasion of Ashokashtami, takes place every year in front of the Lord Lingaraj temple in the Old Town...