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Bhubaneswar: The vigilance directorate of Odisha Thursday arrested a government doctor after recovering Rs 1.12 crore in cash from his residence, officials said. According to sources in the vigilance, Dr Sukant Kumar Jena, a gynecologist posted at the Charichaka Community Health Centre in Puri district...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 886 new Covid-19 cases, of which 169 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,80,784. Active caseload in the state now stands at 8,664. Odisha reported 16...

Bhubaneswar: Power consumers in Odisha may face another hike in power tariff as the companies engaged in the production and distribution of electricity in the state have approached the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) with a plea for the same. The companies have produced their...

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) is going to implement a new rule for indirect election to the post of Zilla Parishad president and vicepresident, which will be conducted March 13 and 25, respectively. The Panchayati Raj Department recently issued notification amending the Odisha Zilla...

Bhubaneswar: The first phase of voting for the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha ended Wednesday with a voter turnout of 70 per cent, SEC Aditya Prasad Padhi said. He however, said that the polling percentage may go up as final reports are yet to come...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia writer, academician and journalist Haraprasad Parichapatnaik died Wednesday due to multi-organ failure following a brain stroke, his family said. He was 69 and survived by two sons. Parichapatnaik was admitted to a private hospital after he suffered a brain stroke. He died...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 70 per cent voter turnout in the first phase of the panchayat elections Wednesday amid sporadic incidents of violence, officials said. Polling was held in the first phase for 200 Zilla Parishad constituencies, 22,379 ward member seats, 1,669 Sarpanch posts and as...

Bhubaneswar: An additional superintendent of police (ASP) in Odisha was remanded to judicial custody Wednesday for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, according to the Vigilance department. Personnel of the anti-corruption agency had conducted raids at 11 places belonging to the...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the first phase of polling for three-tier rural bodies started early Wednesday morning at 7.00 AM, the elections for as many as 23 seats have been countermanded following the deaths of contesting candidates in Odisha. Polling at one seat for Zilla Parishad...

Brahmagiri: Disrupting the voting process, a few miscreants escaped with a ballot box from Booth No-9 at Kashijharia village of Chapamanik panchayat under Brahmagiri block in Puri district during the first phase of three-tier polls to rural bodies Wednesday. “Polling was underway smoothly at Booth...