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Bhubaneswar: Human Rights activist Pradipta Nayak appealed to Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Monday requesting to intervene in the matter with regards to the mass arrest of tribal men and women by Bada Sahi police under Mayurbhanj district May 30, 2024. Nayak, in the letter...

Bhubaneswar: The present spell of heatwaves across the state and in many parts of the country is the manifestation of the impacts of global warming and related climatic changes, said some environmentalists here ahead of the observance of World Environment Day, June 5. The Word...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police have registered a total of 153 election-related cases including violation of the Model Code of Conduct till Monday, a senior police officer said. The police arrested 139 people for their alleged involvement in the violation of law and MCC, he said....

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission has made elaborate preparations for counting of votes for 21 the Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats in Odisha. Counting will be held in 70 centres throughout the state starting at 8 am on Tuesday, officials said. Over 2.5 crore voters...

Bhubaneswar: Four more people lost their lives due to sunstroke in Odisha, taking the death toll to 30 during this summer, an official statement said Monday. Altogether 147 cases of suspected sunstroke deaths have been reported during the season so far and of them, 30...

Bhubaneswar: A three-tier security has been put in place at each of the strong rooms where the EVMs have been stored and at the counting venues across Odisha for smooth vote counting Tuesday, official sources said Monday. Police sources said the EVMs have been safely...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Raghubar Das dissolved the Odisha Legislative Assembly Monday, a notification issued by the Parliamentary Affairs Department of Odisha Government read. The Odisha Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in virtual mode earlier today, recommended to Governor Das to dissolve the Assembly, a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE)-2024 results were declared Monday. Sagarika Dash has topped the list in B.Pharm. Biltu Mandal has topped the examination in LE-TECH (DIP) category. Suryakant Prusty has topped in MBA and Brahmananda Moharana is the topper in MCA/MSC (Comp SC). This year...

Bhubaneswar: IMD Bhubaneswar has issued a Yellow Warning for heatwave conditions over various Odisha districts till 8.30 am of June 6 in its Wednesday midday weather bulletin. From 8.30am of June 4 to 8.30am of June 5: The weather agency informed that heatwave conditions are...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a voter turnout of 74.41 per cent in the final phase of polling in six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly segments held June 1, an Election Commission official said Monday. In the 2019 general elections, the state's overall polling percentage was 74.38...