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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...

Rourkela: The court of Additional District Judge (2) here sentenced a man to life imprisonment after convicting him in a 2015 double murder case which had created a lot of hue and cry in the area. Declaring his verdict in the case, the judge sentenced...

Jajpur: Five people including a woman were killed and 40 others were injured, some of them critically, after a passenger bus fell off a flyover on National Highway-16 near Barabati in this district, Monday evening. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the deaths and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha experienced scorching temperatures Monday with Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district recording 41.4 degrees Celsius. According to IMD's Bhubaneswar centre, 18 places in the state reported temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. While Baripada was the hottest, Bhubaneswar, Chandbali, and Nuapada also faced sweltering heat,...

Phulbani: At least 25 people, including eight women, were injured in separate road accidents in Odisha's Kandhamal district, officials said Monday. However, there was no report of any death, they said. A bus and a truck collided head-on at Ranipathar ghat injuring 20 passengers, the...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly duping investors of around Rs 15 crore in Odisha by promising handsome returns in crypto schemes, police said. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police apprehended Ved Prakash from Anupgarh in Rajasthan April 10 and Sudhir...

Sundargarh: Congress party's surprise move to replace its candidate in the Talsara Assembly segment in Odisha's Sundargarh district has brought disappointment for former Hockey India Captain Prabodh Tirkey. Tirkey had earlier been named as the nominee for the Talsara Assembly seat by the party in...

New Delhi: India is likely to experience above-normal cumulative rainfall during monsoon season in 2024 while Odisha is likely to receive normal or below-normal rainfall in some areas, informed IMD Monday. La Nina conditions are expected to set in by August-September, the weather agency said....