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Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested six persons in connection with the jewellery shop loot in Odisha's Khurda district, officials said Friday. Police have recovered 1.9 kg of gold, 4.5 kg of silver, and over Rs 9.45 lakh in cash from the accused, along with a country-made...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha Vigilance Friday arrested three government officials, including 2019-batch Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) topper Aswini Kumar Panda, on charges of corruption in separate cases across the state. Panda, currently posted as Tahasildar of Bamra in Sambalpur district, was caught while allegedly accepting a bribe...

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday raided the residence of Archana Nag, who was arrested in 2022 in a high-profile honeytrap and extortion case, in connection with alleged financial irregularities. Nag was not at her Satya Vihar residence during the raid, but her father and...

Phulbani: Seven students of Salaguda Sevashram School in Phiringia block of Odisha’s Kandhamal district were hospitalised after classmates allegedly applied adhesive to their eyes while they were asleep in the hostel Thursday night, according to a source. The incident came to light Friday morning when...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience another wet spell as a fresh low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal Friday morning, IMD said. The weather office in a message said, "Under the influence of the upper air cyclonic circulation over west central &...

Cuttack: Bali Yatra, the largest open-air trade fair in Asia, will now be called ‘Historic Bali Yatra Cuttack’ and this year it will be held in the Silver City from November 5 to 12, district Collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde said Friday. Chairing a preparatory meeting...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday congratulated C P Radhakrishnan on being sworn in as the 15th Vice President of India. Majhi, who attended the oath-taking ceremony at Delhi in a post on X, said: "Heartiest congratulations to Shri @CPRGuv Ji on being...

Banki: A herd of 18 elephants has been stranded on a sand patch in the Mahanadi River near Bhagipur while moving from Sukasan forest in Athagarh toward Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary. Rising water levels left the herd trapped on a small island. Forest Department officials are...

Bhubaneswar: A section of servitors of the Jagannath Temple in Puri have expressed concerns over the ongoing turmoil in Nepal, linking it symbolically to the stoppage of Kasturi (musk) supply that was traditionally sent from Nepal for rituals of Lord Jagannath. The servitors said that...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday suspended former Odisha minister and senior leader Prafulla Kumar Mallik for his alleged involvement in anti-party activities. The party's action came a day after Mallik, considered to be a close confidant of BJD president Naveen Patnaik, said that...