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Deogarh: The Forest Department Monday arrested a retired forester of the Deogarh forest range for illegal possession of wildlife body parts. The accused, identified as Kishore Chandra Pradhan of Akharashila village under Barkote police limits, was found keeping a spotted deer hide and 745 peacock...

Bhubaneswar: The Revenue and Disaster Management Department has introduced a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to streamline the registration of part plots across the state. The SOP aims to ensure uniformity, transparency, and ease of living for the public by superseding all previous guidelines. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday raised serious concerns over the safety of jewellery and valuables stored in Lord Jagannath's Ratna Bhandar at Puri, accusing the Odisha BJP government of misleading the public in the name of religion. The regional outfit also expressed...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday strongly condemned the gang rape of a woman medical student from Odisha in West Bengal's Durgapur and questioned the Odisha BJP government's response to sexual assault cases within the state. In a press statement, the party accused...

New Delhi: Calling for an urgent political intervention to end the decades-long Mahanadi river water dispute, retired Supreme Court judge Justice V Gopala Gowda Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Ministers of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to come to the mediation table and...

Bhubaneswar: The city is home to 47,126 stray dogs, accounting for around 3.62 per cent of the state capital's 13 lakh population, an official statement issued by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said Monday. Of the total stray dog population in the BMC area, 23,047...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Police have arrested a youth for spreading communal hatred through social media, a senior officer said  Monday. The cybercrime police arrested the accused, identified as Arshad Alli (19), on Sunday night in connection with a case registered based on a written complaint lodged...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Monday termed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's advice to female boarders to not venture out late at night as "disappointing." Deputy CM Parida, who is also in charge of the Women and Child Development department, strongly denounced...

Kolkata/Balasore: West Bengal Police Monday arrested the fifth accused in the Durgapur gang rape case, taking the total number of arrests to five, officials said. The accused has been identified as Sheikh Safiqul, a local resident, who was nabbed from Durgapur. According to the police,...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: The nomination filing process for Odisha's Nuapada bypoll began Monday with the issuance of a notification in this regard, even as the state's two major political parties - the BJP and BJD - are yet to announce the names of their candidates. The Congress...