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Bhubaneswar: An attendant of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar lodged a police complaint Monday, alleging that she was sexually harassed by a male nursing officer, officials said. The victim, appointed through an outsourcing agency, has started a dharna along with her colleagues outside the main gate of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, seeking...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of suspended IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi, who has been booked by the CBI in a corruption case. The HC had July 3 directed the CBI not to take any coercive action against Sethi till...

Bhubaneswar: A train hit a tractor that got stuck on the railway tracks in Odisha's Puri district Monday afternoon, officials said. The engine of the Baidyanath Dham Express, which connects Puri to Patna, hit the tractor near Biraramachandrpur village, they said. Seeing the train approaching,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Monday urged Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Pralhad Joshi to expedite the lifting of rice from the state by the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Singh Deo, along with several BJP MPs from...

Berhampur: A 574-page charge sheet was filed by the Odisha Police's Crime Branch Monday in the gang rape of the 20-year-old college student at the Gopalpur beach, which had shocked the nation. Nine people, including four minors, have been named in the charge sheet for...

Jajpur: The death of a one-year-old boy allegedly due to negligence and procedural delays led to tension at a government hospital in Odisha's Jajpur district Monday, police said. It is alleged that the ailing boy's parents had to take the child from one department to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra was allegedly duped of Rs 25 lakh in a land fraud case, police said Monday. Patra has lodged a complaint at Dhenkanal Town police station in this regard. When he was a director in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi has sanctioned Rs 55 lakh for the treatment of needy people from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund in 2025, a statement said. Attending the 13th edition of the public grievances hearing Monday, Majhi sanctioned immediate medical assistance for three...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday announced 129 awards to honour the best-performing Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in four categories with a total prize money of Rs 4 crore. Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Rabi Narayan Naik said the awards will be distributed to the...

Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in Odisha improved Monday with water receding in most of the rivers, following which the body of a missing person was found, officials said. Waters were receding in the Subarnarekha, Brahmani, Baitarani, Jalaka and Budhabalang, which flooded six districts in the...