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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari Wednesday said the state was largely spared from the severe impact of cyclonic storm 'Montha', though 33 blocks and 11 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) have so far been affected. The minister also said that Gajapati's Goshani...

Berhampur: A special vigilance court in Berhampur Wednesday granted conditional bail to 114 candidates arrested for their alleged involvement in a recruitment scam for the post of police sub-inspector (SI). Special vigilance judge Gynendra Kumar Barik allowed bail on a bond of Rs 50,000 with...

Berhampur: Odisha Police has arrested another person in connection with the murder of senior advocate and BJP leader Pitabash Panda, taking the total arrests in the case to 14. Sunya Chandra Das (61), a resident of Khodasing, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly sheltering the contract...

Cuttack: Fifteen students of Ravenshaw University were admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack Wednesday due to suspected food poisoning, an official said. The students, who were vomiting, claimed that they fell ill after drinking water from a purifier at the East Hostel,...

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Kolkata Police Wednesday arrested two persons from neighbouring Odisha for their alleged involvement in the murder of a young man in a hotel in the metropolis, an officer said. The two accused, identified as Shashikant Behera and Santosh Behera, were nabbed from Sambalpur. "We...

Bhubaneswar: Seven people were arrested with brown sugar in Odisha's Khurda district, police said Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, a raid was conducted at a house in Daleisahi village in the Bolagarh police station area, they said. A total of 314.97 grams of brown sugar...

Balasore: At least two persons were killed and seven others were injured, two of them seriously, when a passenger bus hit a truck parked on the roadside in Odisha's Balasore district early Wednesday, police said. The accident took place on National Highway 60 in the...

Keonjhar: Nine-year-old girl Baishnavi Gupta of this district has brought laurels to the state by winning a gold medal in the junior category of the 16th National Kudo Championship held in Surat, Gujarat, recently. The remarkable success of Baishnavi, a student of Class IV of...

Bargaon: Panic gripped the residents here in Sundargarh district as two children were found infected with the dreaded scrub typhus disease. Cases of scrub typhus continue to rise in areas under the Bargaon block of Sundargarh district. While two persons, including a woman and a...

Chhatrapur: Aska additional block development officer (ABDO) and Sheragada senior revenue assistant (SRA) faced government action for dereliction of duty at control rooms during cyclone ‘Montha’. Although Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan had directed all the government employees to remain present in their headquarters until...