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Hinjili (Odisha): Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday launched his party's campaign for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections and pledged to make Odisha the number one state in the country by 2036. In the election campaign from his home turf...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has given ticket to the Marndi couple to contest from the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district while the opposition BJP has fielded the Singhdeo couple from western Odisha's Bolangir district for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Odisha's Revenue minister...

Rayagada: The National Highway (NH)-326 passing through undivided Koraput district will undergo a major expansion, sources informed Tuesday. It will soon be converted into a four-lane highway making life easy and comfortable for commuters. Sources said that work for conversion of NH-326 into a fourlane...

Sundargarh: Swarit Upadhyay, a Class VIII student of a private institution in Sundargarh, has made the state proud by securing his name in the prestigious India Book of Records. Swarit has found a place in the book for his outstanding achievements in 27 quiz competitions,...

Rourkela: Demands to stop excavation at the Dumangdiri stone quarry under Kuanrmunda tehsil in Sundargarh district is growing by the day and the issue is turning into a major controversy just before the elections. Villagers living in the vicinity of the quarry are determined to...

Dharakote: An elderly man died after suffering a sunstroke Tuesday at Panibandh village under Jhadabandha panchayat of this block in Ganjam district, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Shibaram Bisoi, 58, son of Mochia Bisoi. Locals informed that Shibaram was on the way...

Tihidi: One person was killed and another suffered serious injuries when the bike they were travelling on crashed against a stationary Hyva truck at Fatepur Square on BhadrakChandbali state highway in Bhadrak district late Monday night. The deceased, a pharmacist, was identified as Satyabrata Behera,...

Paradip: Mystery shrouds the death of a man whose body was recovered under mysterious circumstances from a foreign ship at a berth in Paradip port, Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Bibhuti Barik, a resident of Badamba area in Cuttack district. He worked as...

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...

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...