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Sambalpur: Aiming to ensure better irrigation through community participation, the state government had once handed over the responsibility of canal maintenance to farmer-led Pani Panchayats. These grassroots bodies, comprising local farmers, had been repairing main and branch canals in their respective areas to maintain a...

Paradip: The seasonal surge in religious activities during the holy month of Shravan left Paradip’s bustling fish trade centres, especially the prominent wholesale fish depot at Baliplot in Atharbanki, in this port town, nearly deserted. According to fish trader Paresh Mandal, the footfall drastically declined...

Balasore: Balasore police Monday arrested a 36-year-old man and seized 112.1 kilograms of cannabis from his possession during a raid. The accused has been identified as Maheswar Das, a resident of Begunia village under Sahadevkhunta police station limits. Balasore Superintendent of Police Raj Prasad said...

Jajpur: The police Monday arrested a 26-year-old man on the charge of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl in Jajpur district, police said. The incident took place Sunday, but it came to the fore after a complaint was filed by the father of the victim August...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD and Congress hit the streets Monday over women's safety in the state and decided to intensify their agitation over the issue. The development came after the burial of the 15-year-old Puri girl who died of burn injuries, and the arrest of...

Bhubaneswar: The bodies of six Odia migrant workers who lost their lives in a granite quarry accident in Andhra Pradesh's Bapatla district were brought back to their native villages in Ganjam and Gajapati districts Monday. The incident took place Sunday when a giant rock collapsed...

Bhubaneswar: The CBI has arrested the director of a Bengaluru-based chit fund firm for allegedly duping hundreds of investors in Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, officials said Monday. Sivakumar Gangadharan alias G Sivakumar, who had been dodging police since 2018, was finally arrested by a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Monday inaugurated the state's first Mobile Migrant Resource Centre to create awareness about distress migration in few blocks of Ganjam and Kendrapara districts. The initiative is a joint collaboration between the Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment Department...

Patna: A dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding across Bihar as relentless torrential rains continue to batter the state, causing the Ganga River and its tributaries to overflow and flood vast stretches of land, putting human lives at risk and evacuation efforts have been initiated. From...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Monday said she is ready to resign from her post 100 times if that could bring the 15-year-old Puri girl, who succumbed to her burn injuries last week, back to life. Parida made the comment while responding to...