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Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate has conducted raids against a former Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer of Odisha in a money laundering investigation against him linked to an alleged disproportionate assets case, it said Wednesday. The agency said an SUV, a Tata Harrier model, worth Rs...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 255 new Covid-19 cases, of which 54 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,50,760. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,142. Odisha also...

Cuttack: The five DRDO employees, arrested in an espionage case, were receiving money in their bank accounts from foreign countries, police told the Orissa High Court Tuesday. A division bench headed by Chief Justice S Muralidhar was hearing a PIL, seeking the transfer of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution reiterating its request to the Union government to declare Paika Bidroha as the first war of Independence. Minister of Culture Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi moved the resolution and it was unanimously passed in the house. The resolution said...

Bhubaneswar: Poachers have killed a total of 802 wild animals in Odisha in the last five years. This information was given Tuesday by Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Bikarm Keshari Arukha in the Odisha Assembly. Among the animals hunted down in various forests of...

Bhubaneswar: Over 1.87 lakh cases are pending in the Orissa High Court, Law Minister Pratap Jena informed the Assembly Tuesday. In reply to a written question asked by Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Souvik Biswal, Jena said more than 1.87 lakh cases are pending in the high court...

Bhubaneswar: Padma Shri awardee Nanda Sir Tuesday died of Covid related complications. Nanda Prusty (also known as Nanda Sir) died in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. "Nanda Prusty died at 1.28 pm," Sum Hospital said in a statement today. He passed away at the age of 104. Prusty, a resident of Kantira...

Bhubaneswar: Members of both the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the opposition parties – BJP and Congress – rushed Tuesday to the well of the Odisha Assembly. They raised slogans against each other forcing Speaker Surjya  Narayan Patro to adjourn the proceeding till 4.00pm....

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 151 new Covid-19 cases, of which 19 are in the age group of newborn to 12 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,50,505. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,107. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of BJD Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members met Union Minister of State for Culture, Arjun Ram Meghwal in the national capital Monday. They urged the Centre to reconsider its decision and declare ‘Paika Bidroha’ as the First War of India’s Independence....