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Bhubaneswar: Fake currencies with face value of over Rs 7 lakh were seized from Bhubaneswar Wednesday, an official said. The Commissionerate Police seized fake Indian currency notes and arrested the accused identified as Satya Narayan Prusty and Bhula Pradhan. During the investigation, the police found...

Bhubaneswar: A former Odisha Cabinet minister and son of a ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA lost in the panchayat elections while a college student, a vegetable vendor and a dentist won in the three-tier rural polls in the state. BJP leader and former cabinet minister...

Bhubaneswar:  The Government Railway Police (GRP) Wednesday seized 32 kilogrammes of gold jewellery valued at Rs 12 crore from four passengers of the Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Express here, an official said. The four, who were residents of Mumbai, are being interrogated as they failed to produce...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 143 new Covid-19 cases, of which 28 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,85,349. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,163. Odisha reported six...

Bhubaneswar: Five students from Odisha, who were stranded on the Romania-Ukraine border for many days, Tuesday returned to the state via Mumbai. The evacuated students are Bikash Behera of Jagatsingpur, Aishwarya Pani of Sambalpur, Subhasmita Priyadarshini of Bhubaneswar, Aman kumar and Anupam Kar of Jharsuguda....

Bhubaneswar: With the declaration of the final results of the Panchayat election, leaders of the opposition BJP and the Congress have started introspection over their debacle. Respecting the mandate of the people, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Odisha is getting maximum benefits from welfare programmes...

Bhubaneswar: Eleven people died in two separate road accidents in Odisha's Nuapada and Angul districts, police said Tuesday. Six members of a family were killed when their car skidded off the Bargarh-Nuapada Biju Expressway, rolled down a slope and hit a tree in Nuapada block,...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD Tuesday steamrolled to a massive victory in the three-tier panchayat elections by winning 766 of the 852 seats declared by the State Election Commission (SEC). While the BJD swept the elections, the state's principal opposition party- the BJP could secure only...

Bhubaneswar: With BJD winning a landslide victory in the just concluded three-tier panchayat election in the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said the massive mandate for the party has increased its commitment for “seva” (service) to the people. BJD has won in 766 of...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD continued its winning streak in the Odisha panchayat elections, pulverizing opponents by winning 743 of  829 seats declared so far, State Election Commission (SEC) said Tuesday. Of the state's total 852 Zilla Parishad seats, the commission has completed the counting of...