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Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Friday arrested a notorious narcotics smuggler and recovered a whooping three quintals of marijuana (ganja) which he was supposed to deliver to receivers in neighbouring Jharkhand. Interestingly, the police said Rahul Sethi, the alleged smuggler, was intercepted with the narcotics consignment...

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha reeling under intense heatwave conditions over the last few days, the state has reported the season’s first sunstroke death, officials said Friday. Sixty-two-year-old Laxmikanta Sahu of Maheshpur in Balasore district died due to sunstroke April 15. This was the first sunstroke death...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD Friday moved Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), seeking action against BJP MP candidate from Bhubaneswar, Aparajita Sarangi, for alleged misuse of children in poll campaigns. “It has come to our notice that Sarangi has been using small children in BJP election...

Kendrapara: The Odisha government suspended Kendrapara District Excise Superintendent, Debi Prasad Mishra, Friday for dereliction of duty. Acting on the inquiry report of the Joint Commissioner of the Excise Department, the state government placed Kendrapara Excise Superintendent under suspension for negligence in his duty. Additionally,...

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha reeling under intense heatwave conditions over the last few days, the state has reported the season's first sunstroke death, officials said Friday. Sixty-two-year-old Laxmikanta Sahu of Maheshpur in Balasore district died due to sunstroke April 15. This was the first sunstroke death...

Balasore: A local court in Odisha's Balasore district Friday sentenced a couple to life imprisonment for the murder of their differently-abled minor child in 2022. Additional Sessions Judge Biswajit Das delivered the verdict, ordering Ganesh Jena and his second wife Pratima Jena, residents of Chandmaripadia...

Jharsuguda: At least two persons were killed and seven others were missing as a boat they were travelling in capsized in Mahanadi River in Odisha's Jharsuguda district Friday, police said. The incident took place when the boat carrying around 50 passengers was going from Patharseni...

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Civil Services Exam 2023 topper Aditya Srivastava scored 54.27 per cent in the prestigious exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Following closely behind is Animesh Pradhan, who scored 52.69 per cent, according to the detailed marks of the recommended...

Sundargarh: Hockey India president, former India captain and star player Dilip Tirkey aims at scoring a winning goal in the electoral field as the Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Lok Sabha candidate from Odisha's Sundargarh constituency, where hockey is not just a sport but a way...

Bhubaneswar: As many as three miscreants attacked journalist Saroj Jena, who works for Odia daily Dharitri, in Bhubaneswar’s Badagada area at around 12.55 pm Friday. After finishing office work, Saroj was returning to his home in Badagada when three miscreants attacked him near a SBI...