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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has so far rescued 1,209 missing children, including 1,078 girls, and 6,667 missing women through special drives conducted in 2025, officials said. A total of 358 missing children and 2,059 missing women were rescued by police during a special drive named...

Bhubaneswar: A priest was sentenced to seven years in jail by a special court in Bhubaneswar Monday for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a temple. Pradyumna Kumar Mallia (35), a priest of the Kapileshwar temple, was convicted by the special POCSO court in connection...

Malkangiri: A 45-year-old man, stranded for over 20 hours on a rock in the middle of Saberi river on the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, was rescued after being airlifted Monday, police said. The man, identified as Irma Sodhi of Kotamateru village in Malkangiri, was trapped in the...

Balasore: A 35-year-old man on the way to buy a cake for his daughter's birthday was killed when a truck hit his motorcycle from behind in Odisha's Balasore district Monday, police said. The accident happened at Bagudi market in Soro police station area when Umakanta...

Bhubaneswar: A new township will be built on 800 acre of land on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha's Housing & Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Monday. The 'New Bhubaneswar' township will cover areas such as Mallipada, Daspur, Andharua, and Gothapatna, Mahapatra told reporters...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Monday opened a breastfeeding room on the premises of the 12th-century shrine in Odisha's Puri. SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said such a facility was the need of the hour, as a large number of nursing mothers visit...

Bhubaneswar: The Tata Power-led Odisha discoms Monday launched a 1-kW rooftop solar scheme, enabling households to generate around 100 units of electricity per month, officials said. The scheme was launched under the Utility-Led Aggregation (ULA) model, as part of the government's flagship PM Surya Ghar...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday urged a delegation of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers to help promote Odisha's cultural heritage and handicrafts in European nations. A delegation of IFS officers of the 2000 and 2001 batches met Majhi. Among them were India's Ambassador...

Bhubaneswar: As another low-pressure system brews in the Bay of Bengal, Odisha is likely to receive heavy rain till September 5, the IMD said Monday. In a special bulletin, the weather office said, "A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the north-west Bay...

Balasore: Odisha police arrested a cybercriminal from Balasore for defrauding several individuals of Rs 16 lakh by promising high returns on investments through a software application, a senior police official said Monday. The accused, identified as Partha Sarathi Das, 64, is a resident of the...