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Bhubaneswar: On the 12th day of its ongoing special drive, the Excise department seized contraband worth about Rs 1.69 crore across several districts. In the crackdown on illicit liquor and narcotics, enforcement teams registered 292 cases and arrested 168 people under the Excise Act and...

Bhubaneswar: On World First Aid Day 2025, the 108 Ambulance team held an Emergency First Responder Training Programme at the Air Force Selection Centre. The event, attended by Group Captain Sanjay Pattnaik and 108 Ambulance State Head Sabyasachi Biswal, highlighted the service’s contributions since its...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court (HC) has asked the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department and Cuttack’s SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) to file a detailed report on hygiene measures being taken during preparation and distribution of cooked food to indoor patients at SCBMCH...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will conduct a comprehensive stray dog census at all wards under its jurisdiction in two phases from September 17 to 24, official sources said Saturday. As many as 410 teams have been formed to carry out the exercise, with...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday appealed to the people of Odisha to join the 'Ek Peed Maa Ke Naam'- 2 campaign and help the state to plant 75 lakh saplings on the 75th birth anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, September 17. Majhi,...

Baripada: A woman and two men were tied to an electric pole and beaten up allegedly by her in-laws and villagers on the suspicion of having an extra-marital affair in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said Saturday. The incident took place at Begunia village under Jashipur...

Jajpur: The Odisha Police Saturday suspended a lady inspector in Jajpur district over “gross misconduct and negligence in duty”, an official said. An order issued by the state police headquarters stated that disciplinary proceeding is being contemplated against the inspector. During the suspension period, she...

Jajpur: A 27-year-old tuition teacher was arrested by police in Odisha's Jajpur district Saturday for allegedly molesting a minor student in his class, an officer said. According to police, the accused allegedly misbehaved with a girl of class 10 at his private tuition centre Wednesday....

Berhampur: Forest personnel have rescued a two-month-old barking deer (Indian muntjac) from a house in Odisha's Ganjam district, an official said Saturday. The deer was rescued from Gunakhala, a remote village under Badagada forest range in Ganjam district's Ghumusar South forest division, Friday afternoon. They...

Keonjhar: In a bid to create awareness among people about road safety, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday launched the ‘Zero Accident Day' campaign in Keonjhar, his native district. Organised by the Commerce and Transport Department, the initiative seeks to make Odisha an accident-free...