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Bhubaneswar: A fresh low-pressure area is expected to develop over the northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal around August 18, and under its influence, heavy to very heavy rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, is very likely in several districts of Odisha August 18...

Bhubaneswar: The Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput and the Council of Analytical Tribal Studies (COATS) have inked a pact to collaborate on research and development initiatives, and academic exchanges focusing on tribal communities mostly living in state’s schedule areas, particularly the erstwhile Koraput, Bolangir...

Bhubaneswar: Over 57 per cent of Odisha Yatri users between October 2024 and July 2025 were women, reflecting a confidence in Odisha’s public transport ecosystem, official sources said Saturday. The app, launched by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in January 2025, began its pilot operations...

Dhenkanal: Odisha Police Saturday arrested the head priest of an ashram on charges of raping a 35-year-old woman inmate, officials said. The alleged incident took place at Mathakargola Ashram under Kamakshyanagar police station in Dhenkanal district, police said. According to police, a woman inmate of...

Bhubaneswar: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Odisha is planning to launch a worldwide campaign against the 'untimely' Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in various countries. This was said by Govardhan Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati following a meeting with Gajapati Maharaja of Puri,...

Bhubaneswar: Initial reports of a self-immolation bid by a 42-year-old man in Odisha's Khurda district has allegedly turned out to be a case of a cold-blooded murder, with police arresting three members of the victim's family Saturday. The deceased, identified as Jyotiranjan Mathia of Saripur...

Niali: A woman attempted su*cide by consuming poison after her husband died of a snakebite, a source said Saturday. According to the source, Surendra Swain, son of Natwar Swain from Ekaberuan village under Niali block of Cuttack district was plucking brinjals in his farmland when...

Puri: A man from Jharkhand's Ranchi has been detained for attempting to climb the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri Saturday, police said. The man, identified as Pancham Mahot, had already climbed around 5-7 feet on the south side of the 12th-century shrine when personnel of...

Cuttack: Raghu Mousa, the iconic vendor who made Cuttack’s dahi bara aloo dum famous, passed away at the age of 91. He died Saturday morning at his residence in Bidanasi Gopalsahi after a prolonged illness related to old age. Raghunath Sasmal, fondly known as Raghu...

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was affected in parts of Odisha, particularly in the southern districts of Koraput and Malkangiri, due to low-pressure-induced heavy rain leading to landslides and submergence of major roads, officials said Saturday. Rainwater was flowing around three feet above a bridge on National...