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Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Seema Meher, a member of Maa Gajalaxmi Self-Help Group from Sambalpur district, won third prize in the Handloom Stall category at the National Saras Fair 2025 in New Delhi. Congratulating her on the national-level achievement, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida extended best wishes via...

Bhubaneswar: Amid boycott by the Opposition BJD and Congress, the Odisha Assembly Tuesday passed a resolution on voice vote, thanking the BJP-led central government for implementing the ‘next generation’ Goods and Service Tax (GST) reforms for the benefit of the people. The resolution moved by...

Jajpur: A POCSO court in Odisha's Jajpur district Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl last year, an official said. Additional District Sessions Judge and Special POCSO Court Judge Abhijit Palei delivered the judgment convicting Arakshita Parida, alias Kalia,...

Kendrapara/Bhadrak: Two Odisha government officers were arrested Tuesday in corruption cases, officials said. Odisha Administrative Service officer Siba Mallick, who was the tahsildar of Mahakalpada in Kendrapara district, was apprehended while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000, they said. He allegedly took...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal Tuesday suspended Shreemayee Mishra, its general secretary (women affairs), citing anti-party activities. The party issued an official order confirming her suspension, which followed criticism over her social media posts indirectly targeting the BJD by using terms such as ‘Dhritarashtra’. The...

Puri: Valuables were shifted back to the treasury of the Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri Tuesday, about a year after they were taken out for repair of the structure, officials said. Restrictions were imposed on the entry of devotees to the temple during the process,...

Berhampur: A retired forest ranger was sentenced to four years of imprisonment by a special vigilance court in Odisha's Berhampur Tuesday for taking a Rs 30,000 bribe from a carpenter. The officer took the bribe from the carpenter for not registering a case against him...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting in Odisha September 27 was shifted from Berhampur in Ganjam district to Jharsuguda district in view of the rain forecast. The decision was announced by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) after the Centre approved the state government's proposal...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD and Congress held demonstrations near the Odisha Assembly Tuesday, alleging that the BJP government in the state has curtailed the powers of elected panchayat representatives and was not taking action over the fertiliser crisis prevailing in the state. Thousands of BJD...

Bhubaneswar: Wild elephant attacks have left 45 people dead in Odisha from April 1 to September 15, a minister told the state Assembly Tuesday. In a written statement, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said that seven elephants were electrocuted to death...