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Balasore: One person died after being swept away by floodwater in Odisha's Balasore district as over 50 villages remained marooned because of the deluge, officials said Sunday. The flash flood has affected over 50,000 people in four blocks of the district. Maheswar Pila, 24, of...

Antwerp (Belgium): The Indian men's hockey team edged past Belgium 4-3 to register its first win in the European leg of FIH Pro League in Belgium Sunday, ending a run of seven successive losses. With the scores tied at 3-3 with just two minutes left...

Bhadrak: A trader suffered bullet injuries after three miscreants opened fire at him in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said Sunday. Bidyadhar Patra, a resident of Belamala village, was returning home on his motorcycle when the assailants suddenly appeared and shot at him before snatching his...

Berhampur: At least 13 cattle were killed and three injured when an unidentified vehicle ran into a herd on the National Highway-16 in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday, an official said. The incident happened near Berhampur's Lanjipalli area. Getting the information, veterinary department officials, police and...

Puri: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday asked officers to make this year's Rath Yatra in Puri ‘indecent-free'. Majhi gave this direction to the officers at a meeting to review preparedness made for the annual festival scheduled to be held in Puri June 27....

Bhubaneswar: Given the upcoming famous Rath Yatra festival in Odisha's Puri, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run 365 special trains to and from Puri, in addition to other regular trains, during the festival period. The ECoR, in a statement, said it has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik is stable and his spine surgery for cervical arthritis was "successful", the private hospital in Mumbai where he underwent the procedure said Sunday. In a statement issued by CEO and Executive Director, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police, with the help of immigration officials, have arrested an Afghanistan national on charges of staying in India illegally since 2018 by forging documents and doing business in Cuttack city. The man was identified as Mohammad Yousaf alias Yaha Khan, aged about 54...

Balasore: One person went missing after being swept away by flood water as over 50 villages remained marooned even as the water level of the Subarnarekha river receded below the danger mark Sunday, officials said. A young man from the Bishnupur gram panchayat area of...

Gudari: Despite winning gold medals in national-level weight lifting competitions in Delhi and Kolkata, 30-year-old Birendra Sabar from Kadama village in Rayagada district continues to battle poverty, awaiting government support to pursue his athletic ambitions. Set to compete in a major weight lifting tournament in...