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Bhubaneswar: BJD and the Congress Friday opposed the Railway Board's decision to exclude the Palasa-Ichchapuram section from ECoR jurisdiction and demanded a rollback of the move. The decision has also not been welcomed by a section of leaders of the ruling BJP. The Palasa-Ichchapuram section...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday urged citizens to cooperate with the upcoming Census exercise, with house listing set to begin from April 16. In a video message, he appealed to people to participate in the process, including self-enumeration being carried out ahead...

Sambalpur: Sambalpur police have arrested two Excise Department staff members, including a retired Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), for allegedly embezzling over Rs 3.67 crore in government funds from 2022 to 2025, an official said Friday. The accused persons arrested in the fraud case have been identified...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Excise Minister Prithviraj Harichandan Friday said the government has allowed the sale of liquor on tetra packets with certain criteria in its new Excise Policy for 2026-29. Speaking to media persons in Bhubaneswar, Harichandan said selling liquor in tetra packs was there in...

Nayagarh: Six people were critically injured in a powerful explosion during firecracker manufacturing in the Nuagaon police station area of Odisha’s Nayagarh district Friday. Police and fire services personnel rushed to the spot, rescued the injured and admitted them to the Nayagarh District Headquarters Hospital....

Bhubaneswar: An ‘Ama Bus’ hit and injured Additional DCP Krushna Chandra Sethi in the city. The officer was cycling near Bhubaneswar Club when the bus hit him from behind. Police from Capital Police Station rescued him and admitted him to a hospital. The exact extent...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon release standard operating procedure (SOP) for women and girl child-centric initiatives like 'Kanya Sumangal' yojana, 'Subhadra Sambad' and 'Subhadra Wellness', said Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida. The initiatives are expected to help reduce female foeticide, an official said, adding...

Rourkela: Concerns are mounting over delays in Rourkela’s sewerage project, with untreated wastewater reportedly flowing directly into rivers and polluting key water sources, including the Koel River. Launched January 9, 2017, the project aimed to ensure proper drainage and effective treatment of wastewater before its...

Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) and Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) have signed a significant land leasing agreement for a Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate project at Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district. The ambitious project, designed as a 2000 tonnes-per-day (TPD) Ammonium Nitrate facility, marks a historic...

Keonjhar: Odia teachers working to preserve the language in remote areas of neighbouring Jharkhand continue without salaries, allegedly due to apathy by the Odisha government. With the Jharkhand government not recruiting Odia teachers, many are engaged through Utkal Sammilani and receive a monthly honorarium of...