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Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: BJD Saturday strongly condemned the Odisha government's alleged brutality towards tribals protesting bauxite mining at Sijimali area in Rayagada district and sought President Droupadi Murmu's intervention into the matter. The Congress and Left parties Saturday also condemned the Odisha government for alleged brutality towards...

Puri: Campaign posters written in Bengali and appealing to voters of West Bengal have appeared across this seaside pilgrim town of Odisha, drawing criticism over the alleged politicisation of the sacred place. The posters, put up by the ruling BJP and bearing the party's 'lotus'...

Mullanpur: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh and skipper Shreyas Iyer slammed fine fifties as Punjab Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in their IPL match here Saturday. A rollicking 74 off 28 balls by Abhishek Sharma carried SRH to 219 for six but it wasn't...

Cuttack: A day after taking charge as the new Vice-Chancellor of Madhusudan Law University in Cuttack, Prof Sibaram Tripathy Saturday laid out an ambitious roadmap to reshape legal education in Odisha, placing quality teaching, administrative reform and student employability at the centre of his vision....

Baripada: Acting on a tip-off, forest officials of Podadiha and Kaptipada police arrested five poachers who had entered the forest for hunting. The incident took place in the Podadiha range of the Similipal core area, where the group was caught on an AI camera while...

Mullanpur: A rollicking 74 off 28 balls by Abhishek Sharma carried Sunrisers Hyderabad to a competitive 219 for six against Punjab Kings in an IPL match here Saturday. Abhishek, who hammered five fours and eight sixes, shared a 120-run alliance with opening partner Travis Head....

Bhubaneswar/Nayagarh: Odisha observed 'Chhena Poda Dibasa' Saturday, marking the significance of state’s iconic sweet. Chhenapoda is a sweet dish made from cheese (chhena), sugar, cardamom and cashew nuts. Since 2022, the state has been observing ‘Chhenapoda Dibasa’ April 11, marking the birth anniversary of Sudarshan...

Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old unemployed youth from Odisha's Bhubaneswar has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with alleged online radicalisation activities linked to social media platforms, officials said Saturday. According to a joint press statement issued by Suresh Dev Datta Singh, Deputy...

Puri: The counting of ornaments in the outer Ratna Bhandar of Lord Jagannath Temple continued for the fourth day, Saturday, officials said. The process, which began earlier this week, is likely to be completed Saturday, with nearly 80–90% of the ornaments in the outer treasury...

Dhenkanal: An ambulance attendant was killed, and the driver critically injured after a private ambulance rammed into a truck on National Highway 55 near Haladiabahal under Motanga police limits in Dhenkanal district Saturday morning. According to reports, ambulance was returning to Angul after dropping a...