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Chilika: INS Chilka commemorated Kargil Vijay Diwas with solemn reverence to honour the valour and sacrifice of the Indian Armed Forces during the Kargil War of 1999. A wreath-laying ceremony was conducted at the War Memorial. Commodore B Deepak Aneel, Naval Officer-in-Charge (Odisha), laid the...

Bhubaneswar: Dharitri and Orissa POST Chief Executive Adyasha Satpathy was felicitated for excellence in publishing at the prestigious 'Femina Achievers Awards 2025: Odisha Edition' at a hotel, Saturday. Satpathy was among the 25 who were honoured at the mega event, sponsored by Khimji Jewellers and...

Bhubaneswar: A special Vigilance court in Sundargarh Saturday sentenced Dr Patita Paban Barik, former medical officer (MO) of Gurundia Community Health Centre (CHC) in the district, to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a bribery case. “The court also imposed a fine on Barik,...

Puri: A taxi driver was remanded to judicial custody by the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Puri, for allegedly raping a woman passenger inside the vehicle near the Malatipatpur bypass July 24. According to police sources, the accused, identified as Muna Pradhan of Balidih village in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal Saturday said that revamping the party’s state organisation will be his top priority, and a new state team will be formed soon. Speaking to reporters upon his return from New Delhi, where he met several senior party leaders, including...

Bhubaneswar: Three persons were killed and two others seriously injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in Odisha's Nayagarh district Saturday, police said. According to police, the accident took place when the two trucks tried to save a motorcycle rider near Takara Chhak on...

Bhubaneswar: Puri Superintendent of Police Pinak Mishra Saturday said investigation was going on ‘properly’ on the 15-year-old girl set on fire by miscreants in the district, but no breakthrough has been achieved so far. The SP visited the Balanga police station Saturday, under whose jurisdiction...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Saturday expressed concern over the Odisha BJP government's decision to cancel the Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project initiated during his tenure, saying the move will push the city 10 years back in terms of urban mobility and development. Patnaik's reaction came...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Saturday urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to form a special investigation team (SIT) under judicial supervision to probe into the alleged sexual exploitation of girls in the Odisha government-run hostels in the state. A delegation of the opposition party submitted...

Kendrapara: Police Saturday said they have detained a teacher of a government-run high school in Odisha's Kendrapara district for allegedly molesting a group of girl students. The incident has sparked outrage in the coastal village of Dangamal. Marine police station at Talchua has detained the...