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Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD and Congress Friday demanded an immediate rollback of the fuel price hike, accusing the ruling BJP of adopting a "double standard" on the issue of GST on petrol and diesel. The women's wing of the Congress staged a demonstration near a fuel...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: A few hours after the Centre announced a hike in diesel prices, the State Transport Authority (STA) Friday issued an order regarding revision of bus fares in a range of 2 paise to 6 paise in different categories of buses...

Rourkela: A pickup van driver was allegedly beaten to death by a group of truck drivers in an incident of road rage in Odisha's Sundargarh district Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Rajesh Munda (34), a resident of Gultha village in the Bhasma...

Bhubaneswar: Youth Congress activists Friday staged a protest here demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET question paper leak. Holding posters, banners and party flags, the Youth Congress activists took out a protest rally in Bhubaneswar from the state Congress...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Department Friday arrested a government junior engineer (JE) for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. "Bijay Kumar Mohanty, JE, Command Area Development (CAD) Division, Bhadrak, has been placed under arrest and will be forwarded to the court of Special...

Kendrapara: A homoeopathic doctor was killed allegedly by his elder brother and other family members over a property dispute in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said Friday. The deceased has been identified as Golakh Chandra Nauri (42) of Baradanga village within Mahakalapada police station limits. Police...

Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match Friday. Abdul Samad and Mukul Choudhary came in for LSG, while for CSK handed Spencer Johnson his debut in a yellow...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday announced a 2 per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees and pensioners. With the revision, the DA has been raised from 58 per cent to 60 per cent, a statement from the Chief...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD and Congress Friday targeted the BJP government in Odisha over long queues and panic buying at petrol pumps, even as the state administration maintained that there was no fuel shortage and appealed to people not to stockpile petrol and diesel. Odisha Pradesh...

Cuttack: A patient died after an ambulance ran out of fuel on the Kathajodi River bridge while being shifted from Cuttack to Bhubaneswar Friday, triggering outrage among locals and the victim’s family. The patient, a youth from Kendrapara who had consumed poison, was being transferred...