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Rourkela: With the district administration making elaborate security arrangements to tackle any unpleasant situation, Ram Navami celebrations in Sundargarh district remained peaceful. Contrary to other areas in the district, the procession was taken out Thursday in Rourkela. “This is the tradition we have been following...

Hatadihi: A woman from Sadha village under this block in Keonjhar district, whose organs were donated following her death with the written consent of her family members, was given a guard of honour during her funeral Thursday by the district administration. The deceased woman was...

Bhubaneswar: Noted writer and painter Prafulla Mohanti, who is a British citizen of Indian origin, recently converted his two-storey house in Nanpur village of Jajpur district into an art gallery, which was recently opened on his 90th birthday. The gallery titled ‘The Creative Hands’ houses...

Keonjhar: A court in Odisha's Keonjhar district Thursday sentenced a 29-year-old man to life in jail for raping and impregnating a minor girl, who tragically died after delivering a stillborn. Keonjhar POCSO court judge Bijay Kumar Mishra pronounced the verdict against convict Ansuman Mohapatra after...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) Debadutta Biswal Thursday said his department has identified 11,367 forest fire points across various forest divisions. He said the numbers are lower compared to last year's 31,210 points as April 17. To combat fires, the forest department...

Malkangiri: In a breakthrough, the BSF personnel Thursday recovered huge explosive materials and arms from two Maoist dumps in the Bejangiwada Reserve Forest area in Odisha’s Malkangiri district. Officials sources said a Joint Operation was carried out by BSF troops of COB- Bodigetta, COB- MPV...

Kendrapara: In a tragic incident, two people, including a sexagenarian widow, drowned in two separate incidents in Kendrapara district Thursday. Police said a 23-year-old youth, Sebak Rath of Talakusuma village under Kudanagari police limits, had gone to the Chitrotpatla river along with his friends to...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Thursday recorded the highest temperature in Odisha at 43.6 degrees Celsius, the Indian Meteorological Department said. According to the IMD's evening bulletin, the entire state is reeling under intense heatwave conditions with temperatures crossing the 40 degrees Celsius mark at 32 places, of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the CPI (M) Thursday announced its candidates for one Lok Sabha seat and seven assembly constituencies in the state. The party named senior leader Suresh Panigrahy for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency. It re-nominated sitting MLA Laxman Munda for Bonai...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Thursday forecast that day temperature is very likely to be 40 degrees Celsius or above at most places over the districts of Odisha and likely to be above normal by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius over many...