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Nayagarh: The daring and perilous Bamboo Queen Game (Baunsharani Khela), once a vibrant folk art and a mark of cultural pride, has faded into history after the death of its renowned director, Purnachandra Das. The art form, with roots in Nathiapalli village under Kurala panchayat...

Keonjhar: Vigilance officials Wednesday arrested a junior clerk of a school in Keonjhar district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a retired peon. The accused was identified as Rupchand Nayak of Nicholson Forest School in Champua. Nayak was caught red-handed while taking...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Head injuries led to the death of at least 1,696 two-wheeler users in Odisha last year, all of whom were not using helmets while on road, according to data released by the Commerce and Transport (C&T) department Wednesday. According to the C&T department, the...

Malkangiri: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Wednesday visited a remote Bonda tribal hamlet in Malkangiri district and interacted with its residents, an official statement said. He asked the district administration to provide enhanced assistance to particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) such as Bonda and Didayi...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Bhubaneswar for kidnapping a man. Additional Sessions Judge Himanshu Sekhar Mallik also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the two convicts, Raghunatha Moharana and Kalu Charan Moharana. They were held...

Jajpur: A day after a former Odisha MP and an ex-minister quit BJD and formed a separate platform, nearly 70 pancahyati raj institution-level leaders in Jajpur district Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of its state president Manmohan Samal. The Dharmasala unit of the...

Bhubaneswar: An adulterated milk manufacturing unit was busted in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a spot behind a roadside eatery in Gurudijhatia near Athagarh on Tuesday night, they said. Chemicals, salt, and powders, which were allegedly...

Dubai: Kuldeep Yadav didn't show any signs of rustiness while running through a clueless UAE batting line-up as India dismissed the home team for a paltry 57 in 13.1 overs in their Asia Cup opener Wednesday. Kuldeep, who had a frustrating time in the UK...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 775 elderly people from six districts of Odisha went on a state-sponsored pilgrimage to Ayodhya and Varanasi Wednesday. Deputy CMs KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida flagged off a special train as part of the 'Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra' at the...

Kendrapara: A life-size statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised in Odisha's Kendrapara district, following which an investigation was started, police said Wednesday. The statue was located at a state-run primary school in Nilikana village in the Derabish police station area, and the incident happened Tuesday...