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Jajpur: A 32-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Jajpur district Monday for killing his father five years ago. Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Amrut Ranjan Nanda convicted the accused Gurucharan Behera of Bachhala village and sentenced him to life...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday said some low-lying areas in the Mahanadi delta region of Puri and Jagtsinghpur are likely to be inundated, as the river is in spate. Claiming that there was no flood threat in any part of the state, Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD in Odisha Monday demanded holding of elections to form students' unions in government-run colleges and universities, alleging that the ruling BJP is against the polls, fearing defeat. BJD student unit president Ipsita Sahoo claimed that the BJP fears defeat in the elections...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress Monday said BJD chief Naveen Patnaik should prove his party’s opposition to the BJP by voting against the NDA candidate in the Vice Presidential election Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das said, "This is...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's principal Opposition party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday announced that its MPs will abstain from voting in the Vice Presidential elections. The party, headed by former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, said it took the decision as part of its policy of "maintaining an...

Bhubaneswar: BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, who was suffering from kidney-related ailments, died at a hospital in Chennai Monday. He was 68. The senior BJD leader was a four-time MLA from Nuapada seat, having been elected to the state Assembly in 2004, 2009, 2019 and 2024....

Bhubaneswar: Authorities began evicting unauthorised occupants from Utkal University’s hostels in Bhubaneswar Monday in a large-scale operation codenamed ‘Blue Star’, officials said. Odisha's Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said that non-boarders were being evicted from the hostels of Utkal University in Bhubaneswar to maintain a...

Bhubaneswar: A day after BJD president Naveen Patnaik flew to Delhi, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday also left for the national capital ahead of the Vice Presidential elections. In Delhi, he may hold a meeting with BJP MPs from Odisha, discussing the Vice...

Bhubaneswar: Human-elephant conflict in Odisha is worsening, forcing villagers in forest fringe areas to spend nights on makeshift treetop platforms to evade rampaging herds. With elephant corridors shrinking under the impact of mining, industrialisation, infrastructure projects and other human activities, incursions into settlements have become...

Keonjhar: “For every negative comment you receive, remember that there are a hundred positive ones in your favour. Always work with positive thoughts,” said Tathagata Satpathy, Editor of Dharitri and Orissa POST, while inaugurating the maiden Odisha Climate Conclave 2025 at Fakirpur CT School campus...