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Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mother over a domestic dispute in March 2025. Second Additional District Sessions Judge Suman Kumar Mishra found the accused, Kanhu Kisku (31), guilty of murder and sentenced him...

Bhadrak: A 21-year-old woman working as a data entry operator at a private hospital in Bhadrak was found dead on the hospital premises Wednesday, with her family alleging that she had faced mental harassment from some employees. The deceased was identified as Seema Sahu of...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha MP D Purandeswari has been appointed the BJP’s in-charge for Odisha, with party national secretary Swadesh Singh named co-in-charge, as part of a nationwide reshuffle of the party’s state and Union territory organisational responsibilities. The appointments, announced Wednesday by BJP president Nitin...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has ruled that studying in a Telugu-medium school does not disqualify a candidate from engagement as a Sikhya Sahayak (SS) (Telugu), provided he has studied Odia up to the prescribed level. The Division Bench of Justices BP Routray and Savitri...

Kendrapara: The Odisha Police Wednesday arrested a 72-year-old man from Kendrapara district for allegedly raping his minor granddaughter multiple times, officials said. The 12-year-old girl had been living with her grandfather and other family members in a village in the district, they said. The accused...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly proceedings could run only for 11 minutes Wednesday, as the House witnessed ruckus and repeated adjournments following the Opposition's demand for School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond's resignation over errors in new textbooks for school children, and the amended mining...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's opposition BJD Wednesday constituted a team to ascertain the facts behind the assault and sexual harassment of a young tourist couple near Kapilash Temple, a hilltop shrine, in Dhenkanal district. The party blamed the state's BJP government for the rise in crimes against...

Bhubaneswar: The export value of fish, shrimp and other seafood items from Odisha to the Middle East region declined by 14.57 per cent in 2025-26, resulting in a loss of approximately Rs 23.40 crore compared to the previous year's export earnings, a minister told the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has announced a statewide bandh and a seven-day economic blockade after Dussehra to protest the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Amendment Act, 2026. The party said it would announce details, including the date of the proposed...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed southern and coastal Odisha Wednesday under the influence of an approaching deep depression, prompting authorities to move at least 3,500 people to safety. The intensity of rainfall in Odisha, which is witnessing showers since Tuesday, has increased, with Semiliguda in Koraput...