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Bhubaneswar: A few days after a major bureaucratic rejig in the state, senior IAS officer Chanchal Rana assumed charge as the Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) here, Tuesday. Soon after taking charge, Rana called a high-level meeting of the BMC officials, focusing on the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Department Tuesday conducted raids and unearthed 13 plots, two high-value flats and commercial outlets linked to an assistant engineer, allegedly disproportionate to his known source of income, an officer said. Raids were launched on the properties and offices of the assistant...

Keonjhar: Two kids drowned in a pond in Odisha's Keonjhar district Tuesday, police said. The incident happened in Nakjhari village in the Ghatgaon police station area, they said. Amrita, 6, and Bhumika, 7, were playing near the village pond while returning home from school when...

Jajpur: A 27-year-old man was arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district Tuesday for allegedly sharing on social media intimate photos with his ex-girlfriend after she broke up with him, police said. The man, identified as Samir Kumar Palei of Kabisurya Nagar in Ganjam district, was arrested...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday urged the Centre for early sanction of Rs 3,069 crore under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo has raised this demand before Union Power Minister Manohar Lal during his meeting in New Delhi,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is planning to introduce tigers in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district, a senior Forest department official said Tuesday. Speaking about the revival of big cat population in Odisha on the occasion of National Tiger Day, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests...

Bhubaneswar: As part of the ongoing protests by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government over the spike in incidents of violence against women and students in Odisha, the principal opposition party's student and youth wings, Tuesday, announced a statewide campaign,...

Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested for allegedly duping Odisha Minister Krushna Chandra Patra of Rs 25 lakh with a promise to provide him a land plot in Dhenkanal district, police said Tuesday. The arrest was made on the basis of a written complaint filed by...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD in Odisha Tuesday demanded an apology from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for sharing photos of the Puri Jagannath temple's interiors on social media. Sharing details of the restoration work carried out at the Ratna Bhandar of the 12th-century shrine,...

Balasore: A widow died after allegedly setting herself on fire at Kabar village under Khaira police limits in Odisha’s Balasore district, a source said Tuesday. According to the source, the woman, identified as Kuni Rout, allegedly poured kerosene on herself and set herself ablaze Monday...