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Baripada: Two girls drowned in a pond in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Tuesday, police said. The incident happened in Pratappur village in the Barasahi police station area, they said. Surekha Nayak (15) and Lily Nayak (17) went to bathe in the village pond when the mishap...

Rourkela: Odisha's Rourkela Assembly is going to witness a contest between two heavyweight candidates - former union minister Dilip Ray of the BJP and state Labour Minister Sarada Prasad Nayak of the BJD. Ray is a former central and state minister and three-time MLA from...

Berhampur: A group of doctors in government-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur performed laparoscopic bilateral adrenalectomy of a nine-year-old girl child, who was suffering from Cushing syndrome, a very rare disease, for the first time in Odisha. Cushing syndrome is caused due to...

Angul: The driver of a bus was killed and five passengers seriously injured after it collided with a dumper in Odisha's Angul district Tuesday morning, police said. Around 25 passengers were on the bus, which was heading to Puri from Chhatisgarh's Korba, when the accident...

Jajpur: The bus accident in Odisha's Jajpur district in which at least five people were killed and 40 others were injured was mainly due to "negligence" of the driver, a senior official of the Transport department said Tuesday. This was stated by Additional Commissioner Transport(Road...

Kolkata/ Jajpur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday expressed grief over the bus accident in neighbouring Odisha and said her government would provide assistance to those affected in the mishap. She announced that compensation would be paid to the next of kin of those,...

Paradip: As many as 12 lakh fishermen will be affected as a 61-day fishing ban announced by the state government owing to the fish breeding season in the sea came into force, Monday. No fishermen will be allowed to venture into the sea for fishing...

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: From 2001 to 2022, Odisha had the highest rate of tree cover loss due to fires with an average of 238 hectares lost per year, according to the latest data from the Global Forest Watch monitoring project. Other states that follow Odisha...

Binjharpur: Miscreants hacked a retired auxiliary nursing midwife (ANM) to death at Madhusudanpur village under this police limits in Jajpur district, Monday. The deceased was identified as Binodini Sahu, 62, wife of Alekh Behera. She was staying in the village after her retirement along with...

Bhubaneswar: IndiGo has announced daily direct flights between Delhi and Jharsuguda from May 15. In line with its mission to bolster regional connectivity and accessibility, these flights will provide a direct gateway between the emerging industrial centre and the capital of India, a release from...