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Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha crime branch has arrested three persons for allegedly misappropriating government subsidy to the tune of over Rs 12 crore meant for supply of agricultural equipment to farmers, a police official said Saturday. The arrested accused are Pradeep...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s forest cover grew by over 811 square km during the period from 2017 to 2021, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey told the Rajya Sabha recently. Choubey said that the state government has undertaken various afforestation...

Bhubaneswar: The special task force (STF) of the Odisha Police has detected an illegal business of fake Indian currency with the seizure of Rs 1,90,600 fake currency notes. STF sources here Saturday said on the basis of reliable information, STF with the help of Dhenkanal...

Phulbani: A 70-year-old woman has donated Rs 1 lakh that she earned through begging throughout her entire life, for renovation of old Jagannath temple in Phulbani in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Tula Behera has been begging near various temples in Phulbani town for the past...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday indulged in blame game over establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in western parts of the state in the wake of arrest of 43 lawyers and suspension of licenses of...

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has arrested a Nigerian national from Delhi for allegedly duping a woman in Odisha of Rs 28.67 lakh, the police said Thursday. The accused, identified as Patrick Chizorom Orajaka (35), was arrested from an apartment in Delhi. Later,...

Bhubaneswar: BJP MPs from Odisha Thursday urged Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to put pressure on the Odisha government for implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state. A delegation of state BJP MPs including three Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bishweswar Tudu...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration Thursday said a complete ban would be imposed on carrying smartphones inside the 13th-century shrine here from next month. The restriction will come into effect from January 1, 2023. A similar ban was earlier imposed only for devotees, but...

Cuttack: An elderly woman was killed in Cuttack district, allegedly by her relative who suspected that she practiced witchcraft, police said Thursday. The shocking incident reportedly occurred late at night Wednesday, in Chandanpur village under Tangi police station area of the Cuttack district. The deceased...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the officials to intensify raids on stores selling spurious medicines in the state. Health and Family Welfare Secretary Shalini Pandit has directed all field officers and enforcement squads to stay vigilant on the medicines coming from outside the state,...