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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has rejected opposition BJD and Congress' demand for convening a special session of the assembly to discuss the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, recently passed by Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh Mahaling said Sunday that there was no...

Bhubaneswar: The fourth Priyabrata Patnaik Memorial East India Open 10 Red Snooker Championship 2026 was formally inaugurated at Bhubaneswar Club Saturday, with this year’s edition marking the tournament’s elevation to an East India Open Championship. Organised as a tribute to late IAS officer Priyabrata Patnaik,...

Paradip: A Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying iron ore from Paradip port to China is believed to have sunk in Indian waters after disappearing about 220 nautical miles (396 km) from Port Blair in the deep sea. MV Ocean Winner has not been located since about...

Junagada: The Government Primary School at Mohanpada under this block in Kalahandi district has been conducting classes on the verandah of a villager’s house for nearly a year because the school building has become dilapidated and unsafe. The school, established in 2000, currently has two...

Sambalpur: Four victims of cyber fraud in Sambalpur district have been returned Rs 45 lakh lost in separate online scams, police said Sunday. The money was returned during a special programme held at the Sambalpur district police headquarters, where Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo...

Kendujhar: A woman trader’s blood-stained body was recovered from her showroom at Ghuturu under the Kendujhar Town police limits, Sunday. The deceased was identified as showroom owner Archana Parida, wife of Abhimanyu Parida and proprietor of the showroom. The couple had two showrooms namely Archana...

Digapahandi: Two brothers were critically injured after a bus operating under Mukhyamantri Bus Seva (MBS) hit their motorcycle at Samantarapur in Ganjam district Sunday morning. The accident occurred around 7:30am near the Rajghai-Mahulghodani bend on NH-326 under T. Gobindapur in Sanakhemundi block. The victims were...

Nilagiri: The bodies of two college students who drowned while bathing at Blue Lake near Mitrapur and Machhua villages in Nilagiri block of Baleshwar district were recovered Sunday, about 24 hours after they went missing. The deceased were Bhavisya Patra, 17, of Baripada, and his...

Dhamnagar: An 18-year-old girl drowned while three others had a close shave after the four went to a nearby riverbank to attend nature’s call Sunday morning near Nathsahi in Narayanpur village under this police limits in Bhadrak district, police said. The deceased was identified as...

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata, has constituted a joint committee to probe allegations of illegal and unscientific laterite stone extraction at Olasingh Laterite Stone Quarry-B in Tangi tehsil of Khordha district. The order was passed Au gust 17 by a...