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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have prepared a fool-proof security strategy to ensure a smooth and hassle-free Rath Yatra festival, which is scheduled to begin June 27, officials said. A high-level preparatory meeting, chaired by Director General of Police (DGP) YB Khurania, was held in this regard...

Bhubaneswar: Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee in Odisha's Puri has written to the ISKCON, urging it to ensure that Lord Jagannath's ceremonial bathing rituals and the Rath Yatra across the world are performed on the specific date sanctioned by scriptures and not to violate traditions....

Mahakalapara: The annual marine fishing ban imposed at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary of Kendrapara district ended Sunday, paving the way for thousands of local fishermen to return to the Bay of Bengal and resume operations. The ban, which has been in effect for seven and a...

Ersama/Baripada/Rourkela/Nandapur: At least six people drowned in separate incidents across the state Sunday, police said. In Mayurbhanj district, two youths drowned while bathing in the Palpala River inside Similipal National Park. Police said seven friends from Baripada town had gone to the park when four...

Baripada/Bargarh/Keonjhar/Kendrapara: Four people were killed and several others critically injured in separate lightning strike incidents during thunderstorms Sunday, officials said. In Mayurbhanj district, a 26-year-old man died and another was injured after lightning struck while they were taking shelter under a tree during a Kalbaishakhi-induced...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst an outbreak of diarrhoea in some areas of Jajpur and Keonjhar districts, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday directed the health department to take urgent measures to prevent its spread to neighbouring districts. According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office...

Puri: Odisha government will take stringent legal action, including arrests, against any non-servitor found climbing the chariots during this year's Rath Yatra in Puri, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said Sunday. He also asserted that use of mobile phones on the chariots will be strictly prohibited....

Rourkela: Odisha police Sunday arrested the prime accused and mastermind behind the loot of five tonne of explosives by Maoists from a vehicle near a store quarry in Sundargarh district May 27, an official said. The arrested accused has been identified as George Munda alias...

Bhadrak: A five-month pregnant woman died after being allegedly assaulted by her husband following a domestic altercation in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said Sunday. The deceased, identified as Monalisa Jena, had been married to Sankarshan Jena for five years. The couple has a three-year-old daughter....

Baripada: Two youths drowned while taking a bath in Palpala River inside Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Sunday, police said. According to the police, seven friends from Baripada town went to Similipal on the occasion of Raja festival. When four of them went...