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Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik mocked the BJP government for claiming credit for the state's fifth-place ranking in NITI Aayog's latest Investment Friendliness Index (IFI), asserting that the achievement was the result of the previous BJD government's policies and reforms. In a social...

Bhubaneswar:  Works Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Thursday directed officials to expedite the survey, design, statutory clearances and execution of major road infrastructure projects to provide a long-term solution to Bhubaneswar’s growing traffic congestion while maintaining high construction standards. The minister also reviewed the progress of the...

Ganjam: Built at a cost of Rs 1 crore, the new sub-registrar’s office has remained locked for nearly 18 months due to lack of an electricity connection, much to the disappointment of hundreds of people visiting the office daily for property and marriage registrations. The...

Bhadrak: Minati Panda, Additional District Judge and Judge of the Fast Track Court-cum-POCSO Court in Bhadrak, has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs20,000 in a case of abduction and rape of a minor. The court ruled...

Champua: Three members of a family were killed, and another sustained critical injuries after a Mahindra Thar SUV crashed into a roadside tree near Rajia under Champua police limits in Kendujhar district while they were on their way to a hospital Wednesday night, police said....

Phulbani: Police seized properties worth over Rs4 crore of the kingpin of an interstate ganja smuggling ring in Kandhamal district and arrested another accused, sources said Thursday. The recent arrest takes the total number of arrests to nine, SP Ramendra Prasad said at a presser...

Baleshwar: A meeting was held at Fakir Mohan University (FMU) under the chairmanship of Aravind Agrawal, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Government of Odisha, to review the University’s academic, research, and developmental initiatives. The meeting was attended by Vice-Chancellor Prof Santosh Kumar Tripathy,...

Chhatrapur: A man identified as Arjun Jena allegedly smashed the glass doors of the Ayushman Arogya Mandir, a primary health centre in Ganjam town Thursday. The CCTV footage of the incident has since gone viral on social media. According to officials, Jena, a resident of...

Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested two drug peddlers and seized 16 grams of brown sugar from their possession during a raid at Jatni, officials said Thursday. A special team from Jatni police station conducted a surprise raid near Smasana Padia at Mundia Sahi and apprehended the...

By MANOJ KUMAR JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: Cyber fraudsters have adopted a new modus operandi to extort money by impersonating police officers and falsely accusing people of accessing pornographic websites, claiming it is a punishable offence, the Bhubaneswar Cyber Police said Thursday. According to the police,...