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Berhampur: Odisha forest officials have seized two fishing trawlers from Andhra Pradesh for alleged illegal fishing near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district, violating the seasonal ban, an official said Friday. The trawlers, containing over 70 kg of fish were seized, and eight fishermen...

Bhubaneswar: A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested by the Odisha Police for allegedly duping a resident of Angul district through an online fraud, officials said Friday. The accused, Md Adil, was arrested from Prayagraj district in Uttar Pradesh, they said. In his complaint, one...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Friday conveyed her warm wishes to Prof K Lakshmi Bai on her 100th birthday and lauded her extraordinary gesture of donating her self-earned savings of Rs 3.4 crore to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for cancer care. In an official letter to Prof Lakshmi...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Department has received eight ragging complaints from two government-run colleges in the past 16 months, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj informed the Assembly Friday. Replying to a question from Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Rama Chandra Kadam, Suraj said four complaints...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo Friday appealed to farmers, scientists and other stakeholders to adopt natural and climate-resilient farming techniques to preserve soil fertility for future generations. Speaking at the state-level celebration of World Soil Day in Bhubaneswar, observed this year under...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress in Odisha Friday alleged that the question paper for the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) examination was “leaked” three hours before the test. The claim was made by party MLA CS Raazen Ekka through a point of order in the Assembly when the...

New Delhi/Puri: BJD MP Subhasish Khuntia Friday urged the Centre to ensure a hassle-free 'darshan' mechanism exclusively for permanent residents of Puri at the Jagannath Temple, saying they are struggling to access the shrine amid overwhelming tourist congestion. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in...

Bhubaneswar: The report of a high-level committee constituted by the Odisha government to inquire into the death of a Nepalese student at KIIT University in February is under examination, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj informed the Assembly Friday. A 20-year-old student from Nepal was found...

Jajpur: Two police officers in Odisha's Jajpur have been transferred to the district police headquarters, as they were involved in a fight inside a police station, an official said. Superintendent of Police Yash Pratap Shrimal transferred Alkund police station Inspector-in-charge (IIC) Debashis Satpathy and assistant...

Bhadrak/Chhatrapur: Two young women lost their lives in separate road accidents along the busy National Highway-16 Thursday, triggering public outrage, protests, and renewed calls for stronger road-safety measures. In Bhadrak district, a college student, Shraddhanjali Panda of Bhandaripokhari College, was killed after a sand-laden tractor...