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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Saturday issued a notice for conducting a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in Nuapada Assembly Constituency due to an upcoming bye-election, an official statement said. It said the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered an SSR...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Information Commission Saturday barred a man from Puri district from filing new applications under the RTI Act for one year, citing "abuse of the RTI process". The order was delivered by State Information Commissioner Susanta Kumar Mohanty after finding that the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Saturday announced a Rs 25,000 cash reward to anyone providing information on the missing woman traffic constable of Bhubaneswar. The 25-year-old woman traffic constable posted in Bhubaneswar and identified as Subhamitra Sahoo, a native of Paradip area in Jagatsinghpur district, was missing...

Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director and CEO Dr Ashutosh Biswas said the institute has been placed in the top 100 institutions in the country in the overall category, making it one of the few medical institutions to achieve such a distinction. AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Odisha September 27 and address a public meeting in Berhampur, state Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari said Saturday. The final itinerary of the PM's visit is yet to be finalised, but preparations are in full swing, he...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-state visit to Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar is "a testament to the scale and speed of progress across the nation." During the visit, the PM is scheduled to inaugurate...

Nandapur/Padua: Coffee plantations in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district, bordering Odisha’s Koraput district, are facing a severe infestation of the berry borer pest, causing alarm among farmers in Koraput’s Nandapur, Lamtaput and Pottangi blocks. A 500-member team of experts from the Coffee Board, Andhra...

Puri: The Odisha women’s team opened their campaign in the third All-India T10 Tennis Ball Cricket Championship with a commanding seven-wicket victory over Jharkhand at the Shree Jagannath Cricket Stadium in Penthakata Friday. The hosts had already registered an opening-day win against Sikkim, giving them...

Cuttack: The Odisha Pro T20 League (OPTL) announced their revised dates Friday, with the league now kicking off September 17 with the finals to be held September 26. The captain and coaches of six franchises, Cuttack Panthers, Sambalpur Warriors, Puri Titans, Bhubaneswar Tigers, Keonjhar Miners...

Deogarh: A tusker was found dead in the Khasada forest near Chiragunikudar under the Palasama forest section of Riamal in Deogarh district. Villagers spotted the carcass Friday morning and informed the Forest department officials. Alerted, Deogarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Rashmi J, Assistant Conservators of...