Brahmapur: A three-member committee constituted by the Odisha government Wednesday began its investigation into the alleged circulation of medical postgraduate (PG) examination question paper in the state, officials said. The committee members officers of the Health and Family Welfare Department including Additional Secretary Bijay Kumar...
Bhubaneswar: The authorities deported 42 Bangladeshi nationals who allegedly had infiltrated Odisha's twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, a senior police officer said here Wednesday. The 42 people were expelled from India between July 2025 and March 2026. Another six Bangladeshi infiltrators were found in...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Wednesday filed a chargesheet against 11 people for their alleged involvement in the lynching of a GRP constable following an attempt to rape a woman on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar May 7, an official said. Investigating Officer (IO) of the case, Ratnaprava...
Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday conducted searches at premises linked to former Andhra Pradesh MLA Malla Vijaya Prasad in connection with a multi-state chit fund scam, officials said. The searches were carried out at seven locations in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad as part of a...
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday offered prayers at a Shiva temple in Odisha's Ganjam district before returning to Bhubaneswar by a special train. After spending the night at the Army Air Defence College in Golabandha, the president offered prayers at a nearby Shiva temple. She...
Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: Flood waters from swollen rivers entering villages have prompted the Odisha government to issue a crocodile alert and launch a door-to-door awareness campaign and a WhatsApp helpline amid an increased risk of reptile attacks, especially in the coastal district of Kendrapada. Kendrapada is home...
New Delhi: FIFA chief Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting in Morocco Wednesday after his plan to sell off FIFA's commercial and event operations faced fierce criticism. Infantino was forced to withdraw his plan to create FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), a company to run...
Kendujhar: A total of 3,199 children died in Kendujhar district between 2021 22 and 2025-26, highlighting persistent concerns over maternal and child health despite government welfare schemes and substantial public spending on healthcare. Official data also showed that 131 pregnant women died during the same...
Kendrapada: Frontline health workers are risking their lives to provide medical care to marooned families in Kendrapada district, travelling by boat through crocodile-infested floodwaters and snake-prone channels to reach villages cut off by the deluge. Medical teams have been conducting door-to-door health check-ups and distributing...
Balangir: Residents of Tabalbanji village affected by Lower Suktel irrigation project blocked an eviction drive Tuesday, demanding compensation and proper rehabilitation before vacating their homes. A district administration team, accompanied by police and project officials, arrived to begin eviction but was met with protests and...
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Almost ten years ago on 8 November 2016 when PM Narendra Modi personally, in a highly insensitive and arbitrary manner,...
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By Aakar Patel Work on Donald Trump’s arch begins in Washington, DC, this month. Fashioned on Paris’s Arc de Triomphe,...
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