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Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Tuesday predicted that the maximum temperature would gradually rise by 4-6 degrees Celsius at many places in Odisha over the next four to five days. According to the forecast of the IMD's Bhubaneswar Centre, the maximum temperature is expected...

Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar has started a “Low Vision Clinic” to illuminate the lives of patients who have almost lost hope due to severe visual impairments. The clinic, one of its kind vision clinic, will help a special group of patients like the socially blind and...

Balasore: India Tuesday successfully launched a new variant of a medium-range ballistic missile under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command here, a defence source said. The launch has proven the operational capability of the Command and validated new technologies. The missile was flight tested...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda were among the 40 star campaigners for the BJP in the simultaneous polls in Odisha. The others on the list were Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Aviation Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Tuesday urged people to vote for 'double conch' in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. The term was coined to take on the BJP's call for forming 'double engine' government at the...

Angul: Brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore has been seized and two persons have been arrested in Odisha's Angul district, police said Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force of Odisha Police conducted a raid in Talcher Monday morning and seized 1.1...

Koraput: With day temperatures in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts of Odisha hovering between 39 and 42 degree Celsius, political parties are focusing more on evening meetings and small village gatherings while campaigning for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Malkangiri district under Nabarangpur Lok Sabha...

New Delhi/Cuttack: The Supreme Court Tuesday suspended the sentence of Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim in a corruption case. A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta issued notice to the Odisha government on the appeal filed by the Cuttack-Barabati MLA challenging the Orissa...

Bhubaneswar: Two prominent women BJD leaders have quit the ruling party, weeks ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. While Hindol MLA Simarani Nayak resigned from the BJD Monday, former Sambalpur legislator Raseswari Panigrahi announced her decision to quit Tuesday. Nayak...

Keonjhar: Keonjhar district has a vast swathe of dense forest, which has become a source of livelihood for the forest dwellers as well as poor people living in surrounding villages. They depend on the forest for eight months a year to eke out a living....