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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Tuesday arrested a senior officer after detecting in his possession assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said. "Dayanidhi Bagh, joint director, Soil Conservation & Watershed Development, Bhubaneswar, has been placed under arrest by Odisha Vigilance for possession of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday asked major private banks to extend more credit to poor people of the state under various welfare schemes. Majhi said this while meeting representatives of ICICI, Axis and HDFC Banks and suggested that they should provide more...

Puri: Following the death of three devotees in a stampede near Shree Gundicha Temple in Puri, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday reached the pilgrim town to review the arrangements made for the upcoming rituals related to Rath Yatra. Majhi is scheduled to meet...

Puri: Cyber crime unit of the Odisha Crime Branch has identified 23 fake hotel websites and sent them for immediate blocking. Of these, 15 websites have already been taken down, and efforts are underway to block the remaining ones, Crime Branch sources said Monday. The...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was assaulted on office premises, BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan said he had called Sahoo in response to a complaint from a female Swachh Saathi (sanitation ambassador) from ward number 34. According to Pradhan,...

Balasore: The flood situation in Odisha's Balasore remained critical Tuesday, as people of around 100 villages in northern parts of the district grapple with inundated roads and fields, officials said. The villages have been impacted in four blocks – Bhograi, Baliapal, Jaleswar and Basta, due...

Ganjam: Eight members of a family in Satuli village under Ganjam block in Odisha’s Ganjam district were hospitalised Monday after allegedly consuming poisonous mushrooms collected from a nearby forest, a source said. The affected individuals -- identified as Surath Sahu, Sushanti Sahu, Amara Sahu, Raja...

Berhampur: Police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with the alleged rape of minor girl in Ganjam district, the latest in a series of sexual violence cases reported in the southern Odisha district. Authorities identified the suspect as Bhubana Pradhan, aged 19, a cousin of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to introduce an e-KYC (electronic know your customer) system for farmers in the paddy procurement process to ensure transparency and prevent the inflow of paddy from neighbouring states. Once implemented, the e-KYC system will help ensure that only genuine farmers...

Bhubaneswar: An IPS officer of the Odisha cadre has allegedly instructed police personnel to ‘break legs’ of some Congress workers and assured them of ‘rewards’ for their action, prompting the opposition party in the state to condemn such a remark. The controversy erupted after a...