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Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Monday launched a special two-month Raj Bhavan initiative at Capital Girls’ High School, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar, by distributing beetroot-carrot juice and peanut chikki to students to promote healthy dietary habits and combat anaemia. Under this initiative, the students of the school...

Dhenkanal: Dhenkanal District Bar Association Monday vehemently opposed what it described as arbitrary functioning and consumer exploitation policies of Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL). The association also staged a protest against the company’s alleged coercive practices. At a presser held at the bar...

Bhubaneswar: The Union government has released the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) grants for rural local bodies (RLBs) in Odisha for the financial year 2025–26, totalling over Rs 444 crore. The release includes the second instalment of Untied Grants amounting to Rs 342.60 crore, benefiting...

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate conducted coordinated searches across Odisha, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Punjab Monday, seizing incriminating documents during an investigation into a Rs 73 crore bank loan fraud involving a private company. During the search operations by ED's Bhubaneswar zonal unit, various incriminating documents and documents...

Berhampur: Two women drowned in a river in Odisha's Ganjam district Monday, police said. The incident happened at Sevak Tikarapada in Digapahandi block, they said. The deceased were identified as Lalita Padhy (64) and Sabita Gouda (40), they added. The bodies were fished out of...

Bhubaneswar: Large crowds of devotees gathered at Puri's Jagannath Temple Monday for the second day of the five-day Panchuka Brata observance, creating heavy rush conditions at the pilgrimage site. Devotees were seen standing in a long queue before the 'Singha Dwar' on Grand Road. The...

Bhubaneswar: Three children died after accidentally falling into a septic tank in Odisha's Cuttack district Monday afternoon, police said. The deceased were identified as Subham Nayak (3), Shibani Nayak (7) and Ankit Nayak (9), natives of Bada Barena and Ichhapur villages in the district. They...

Bhubaneswar: Another person was arrested in connection with the sub-inspector recruitment ‘scam’ in Odisha Monday, police said. With the arrest of Silicon Tech Lab CEO Suresh Chandra Nayak, a total of 125 people, including 114 job aspirants, have been held in the case. The job...

Bhawanipatna:  A seven-year-old tribal boy was trampled to death by a wild tusker in Odisha's Kalahandi district Monday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Ravi Majhi, who lived in Bijepur police station area of Lanjigarh block. His younger brother Samri (5) suffered minor...

Nuapada: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday accused the ruling BJP of "betrayal" and alleged that it was now indulging in "candidate chori" (stealing candidates) in connection with the upcoming Nuapada bypoll. Addressing his first public meeting after recovering from illness, Patnaik hit the campaign trail...