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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha September 27, during which he will flag off the Amrit Bharat Express connecting Berhampur with Udhna in Gujarat's Surat district via video conferencing and unveil railway projects worth over Rs 1,700 crore, official sources said Wednesday. They...

Bolangir: A theft suspect escaped from police custody in Odisha’s Bolangir district after breaking a window grill at Puintala police station, an official said Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Mantu Dalei, was arrested Tuesday night during a patrol in Puintala and detained in connection with...

Berhampur: For nearly two weeks, the family of Santosh Behera has been living in anguish. The 40-year-old labourer from Rengitipalli village under Purusottampur police station area in Ganjam district has not returned home after setting out on a train journey from Kerala. Santosh last spoke...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed Odisha Wednesday, disrupting normal life as all 30 districts recorded nearly 60 per cent excess rainfall. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting more downpour till September 27, the state government has put all districts on alert, officials said. While the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has excluded the names of 7,48,849 people from the ration card list during the e-KYC verification process conducted across the state, a minister told the Assembly Wednesday. Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra, in a written statement to...

Bhubaneswar: Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress party, staged a protest at Bhubaneswar's Lower PMG Wednesday over the “rising cases” of violence against women in the state. Hundreds of women Congress workers from across the state gathered in the Lower PMG area, holding...

Basudevpur: Thieves broke into a house in Dayanidhipur village under Balimed panchayat of Bhadrak district late Tuesday night and fled with gold jewellery valued at around Rs 7 lakh, a source said. The incident took place at the home of Santosh Nayak in the jurisdiction...

Bhubaneswar: The recent tariff imposed by US on Indian goods has directly affected 62 seafood processing entrepreneurs and indirectly impacted 25,000 prawn farmers of Odisha, a state minister said Wednesday. While replying to a written query by BJD legislator Tusharkanti Behera in the Assembly, Fisheries...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes for the fourth consecutive day Wednesday, with the Congress members staging an agitation in the well of the House, forcing Speaker Surama Padhy to adjourn the proceedings for half-an-hour. As soon as the House assembled for Question Hour at...

Bhubaneswar: Cuttack Mayor Subhash Singh has urged Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to allow Bali Jatra upper ground to be used this year, saying limiting the fair to the lower ground hurts residents’ sentiments and undermines the festival’s heritage. Speaking to reporters Monday evening,...