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Bhubaneswar: Wearing masks was made mandatory for devotees coming to see the annual Ratha Jatra festival in Puri July 1 amid rising Covid-19 cases in Odisha, a senior official said Monday. Around 10 lakh people are expected to gather for the festival in the temple...

Bhubaneswar: The body of a man with burn injuries was found at Acharya Vihar flyover in the state capital here, a police officer said Monday. The deceased was identified as Chandan Pati, a resident of Purohitpur in Jagatsinghpur district. He was found dead with above...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of people belonging to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allies (LGBTQA+) community and their supporters assembled at Master Canteen Square here Sunday to be part of the Pride parade held in the City. The event couldn't be held in the last two...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has seized brown worth Rs 1.2 crore and arrested four persons in this connection, an officer said Sunday. The seizure of over 1.3 kg of brown sugar and arrests were made in Khurda town Saturday. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 68 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, six more than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,89,259, the health department said. The toll remained at 9,126 as there were no fresh deaths. There are 431 active COVID-19 cases in the state at present....

New Delhi: By fielding Draupadi Murmu, a tribal woman in the Presidential polls, the BJP is trying to make inroads into the community ahead of the next parliamentary election. The party is also hoping to win their support in this year's Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha based startup, Bon V, unveiled India's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered multi utility air vehicle at sixth edition of Viva Technology (Vivatech) conference held in Paris recently. Backed by IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh and supported by Atal Incubation Centre (AIC), CV Raman and...

Cuttack: The Vigilance Directorate arrested an anti-smuggling guard in the office of Civil Supplies Officer(CSO) of Odisha's Balasore district Saturday for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his know sources of income, an official said. Raids were conducted at five places in Balasore and Ganjam districts...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha minister Samir Ranjan Dash and Balasore MLA Swaroop Das were fined for violating traffic norms Saturday. A video of the incident in Balasore has gone viral on social media in which Das could be seen riding the bike with the minister as pillion,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 62 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, taking the tally to 12,89,191, the Health Department said. The toll remained at 9,126 as there were no fresh deaths. There are 410 active COVID-19 cases in the state at present. In the last 24 hours, 43...