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Phulbani: Police in Kandhamal district have arrested a man who allegedly posed as a Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI), extorted money from motorists and sexually exploited women by promising to marry them, police said Saturday. The accused has been identified as Dharmendra Kumar Behera, alias Nikhil...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said the state was transitioning from a "mine economy to mind economy," with a focus on agriculture and clean energy. Referring to the state finance ministers' conference chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, he said the...

Patrapur: A headmaster at a primary school in Ganjam district has been suspended for closing the school ahead of scheduled hours, an act that also brought wider irregularities to light. Biswanath Pradhan, headmaster of Jagannathpur Primary School under Gundura panchayat in Patrapur block, was suspended...

Baleshwar: Fakir Mohan University (FMU) marked International Coastal Cleanup Day 2026 with a cleanup and awareness campaign at Chandipur Beach, bringing together more than 200 students, teachers and non-teaching staff. The programme was organised under the Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar 5.0 initiative in association with...

Brahmapur: A court in Odisha's Ganjam district Saturday sentenced five men to three years' rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in a mule bank account fraud case. The Judicial Magistrate First Class court at Khallikote convicted the five men -- Sushant Sahu, Sudam Patra, Pabitra Sahu,...

Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar: CBI Saturday collected incriminating documents and digital evidence during coordinated searches conducted in Hyderabad and Odisha in connection with a Rs 48.48 crore PNB loan fraud by two private companies, an official said. During the operation by the Central Bureau of Investigation’s Bank Security...

Jayapur: Vikram Dev University in Jayapur, Koraput district, Saturday postponed its second-semester undergraduate Ability Enhancement Course (AEC 1.2) English examination after a question paper circulating on WhatsApp was found to match the paper scheduled for the day, university officials said. The examination was scheduled to...

Brahmapur: Odisha Fire Service personnel Saturday fished out the body of a student who was missing during the immersion of the Ganesh idol in the Rushikulya River in Ganjam district. The deceased was identified as Sumit Kumar Mishra (17), a Plus III (last year) Science...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi prefers luxurious living as Odisha faces several pressing issues, much like Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burned, the BJD said Saturday over the BJP government spending Rs 3.31 crore to renovate his two official residences. An RTI query...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Santrupt Misra Saturday urged the Central government to explore other methods of funding for infrastructure upgrades and cybersecurity in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), while ensuring protection for small businesses and consumers. On Friday, Odisha Leader of the...