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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cooperation Minister Pradeep Bal Samanta Monday said there was no shortage of fertilisers in the state, rejecting opposition allegations of scarcity of urea and DAP during the ongoing paddy cultivation season. Samanta said the state had adequate stocks and the government was closely...

Mayurbhanj: Two persons were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said. The deceased were identified as Rabindra Behera and Jaba Baske, they said. Lightning struck Behera while he was sitting on the veranda of his house in Pariyakuli...

Brahmapur: Two brothers were arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly sexually assaulting their two minor nieces for years, police said Monday. The accused, aged 44 and 30, are the elder and younger brothers of the victims' father, they said. Two separate FIRs were registered...

Phulbani: A Class X student at a government-run residential school in Kandhamal district was found to be pregnant, prompting a police investigation and the detention of a youth. The student, who belongs to Gochhapada police station area, is enrolled at Damiga on Government High School,...

Bhubaneswar: In a strong move to enforce administrative discipline, the state government has warned Odisha Finance Service (OFS-I, Junior Branch) officers against defying transfer orders, making it clear that those who fail to comply will face disciplinary action and may lose their salaries until they...

Puri: Alleging mismanagement during the Rath Yatra in Puri, the opposition in Odisha Monday demanded a judicial inquiry and accused the BJP government of suppressing facts about casualties during the festival. Addressing a press conference here, BJD vice-president Sanjay Das Burma alleged that the government...

Puri: Amid a surge of devotees during the annual Rath Yatra in Puri, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Monday cautioned the public against fraudulent advertisements offering 'VIP darshan on payment', asserting that no such facility exists at the 12th-century shrine. The SJTA lodged a...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured after a goods truck rammed into a stationary truck in Odisha's Kataka district Monday, police said. The driver of the goods truck allegedly lost control of the vehicle and hit a truck parked along the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha units of the CPI and CPI(M) have opposed any move to grant premature release to Rabindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons, urging the...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police arrested two persons, including a woman, for allegedly duping a Bhubaneswar-based couple of around Rs 90 lakh by luring them to invest in a legitimate online dollar trading business with the promise of high returns. The accused were identified as Nilima Satpathy...