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Jajpur (Odisha), March 27 A 35-year-old man and his pregnant wife died, and their minor daughter suffered critical injuries when a vehicle collided with their scooter in Jajpur district, Odisha, on Friday, police said.The accident occurred near the Sankharidiha village on National Highway No...

Bhubaneswar, March 27 Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, who is on a three-day visit to Odisha, called on Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati here on Friday evening.The governor and General Dwivedi visited Atal Van, an ecological park within the Lok Bhavan premises, together...

Bhubaneswar, March 27 Odisha-based sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik expressed concern over the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) after receiving a message from filmmaker Subhash Ghai regarding his art.Ghai, in a post on X, shared a picture of his sand art and thanked Pattnaik for creating...

Bhubaneswar, March 27 The opposition BJD in Odisha demanded on Friday that the state's BJP government reduce the VAT rate on petrol and diesel, asserting that reducing the central excise duty on fuel is not enough to alleviate the suffering of the people.The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) also said...

New Delhi, March 27 – The reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel is aimed at the upcoming assembly elections in four states, not because the government cares about consumers, TMC Rajya Sabha member Saket Gokhale said.Participating in a discussion on the Finance Bill 2026 in the Upper...

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 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reducing the central excise duty on both petrol and diesel by ₹10 per litre, to ensure adequate availability of fuel and essential commodities.Describing this as a significant...

Sambalpur (Odisha), March 27 A court in Odisha sentenced seven individuals to life imprisonment for the murder of a man in the Sambalpur district in 2021, an official said on Friday.District and sessions judge Pragyan Panigrahi delivered the verdict on Thursday after examining 23 witnesses and...

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...

New Delhi, March 27 Jindal Stainless has started sourcing clean energy from Oyster Renewable Energy's 216 megawatt hybrid project in Madhya Pradesh.In 2024, the stainless steel manufacturer had signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Oyster Renewable for hybrid power (solar and wind)...

The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, and Sikkim for today. The weather agency has predicted thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Telangana, and Uttarakhand until tomorrow. Similar...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 – Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday directed all state government officials to take strict action against unscrupulous traders who are artificially creating shortages of cooking gas and essential commodities in Odisha by taking undue advantage of the situation...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday directed officers to take strong action against traders who are involved in hoarding and black marketing of LPG cylinders and other essential commodities.Majhi reviewed the steps being taken by the state government to...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 26 A POCSO court in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering his minor sister-in-law three years ago.Additional district judge-cum-judge of the POCSO court, Pranati Pattnaik, pronounced the verdict after...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 26 A POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Odisha's Ganjam district five years ago.Describing the crime as falling in the "rarest of rare" category, fast-track court judge Rohit Lal Panda delivered the...

In Raipur, March 26, swimmer Manikanta L. single-handedly led Karnataka to the top of the medal table as he won three more gold medals on Thursday, bringing his individual gold tally to five, while Odisha’s Anjali Munda secured a hat-trick of gold medals in the swimming competition on the second...

Raipur, March 26 Karnataka swimmer Manikanta L completed a hat-trick of gold medals, dominating the 200m individual medley while Odisha's Anjali Munda clinched her second consecutive gold medal in the women's event on the second day of the Khelo India Tribal Games here on Thursday.Hosts...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 – The Odisha Government has announced a new three-year Excise Policy, which will be effective from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2029.The state excise department has moved from an annual to a three-year excise policy, intending to provide enhanced stability, uniformity, and...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 On average, 18 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Odisha throughout the year 2024, Commerce and Transport Minister Bubhuti Bhusan Jena informed the state Assembly on Thursday.In 2024, the average daily death toll due to road accidents in the state was 17...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 A total of 4,953 people have lost their lives in various natural disasters in Odisha over the past two years, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the state Assembly on Thursday.The state government is providing Rs 50,000 to the families of those...