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Bhubaneswar:  Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh is being celebrated across the country from November 1 to 15 to honour the rich tribal heritage, culture, and invaluable contributions of tribal communities to nation-building. In line with the nationwide celebration, the Odisha State Tribal Museum, under the aegis of...

Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested in the City for allegedly cheating another person of Rs 55 lakh in a land deal. The accused has been identified as 38-year-old Rakesh Ranjan Beura, a resident of Bhubaneswar. According to police reports, Rakesh introduced himself as a land...

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Ramdas Athawale Saturday asserted that Bihar recorded a high voter turnout in the first phase of the Assembly elections due to developmental work done by the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and the NDA would benefit from it. He was referring...

Cuttack: At least three persons, including a minor boy, were killed and three others seriously injured when the balcony of an old apartment building collapsed and fell on an adjacent house in Cuttack Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Mani Sahu Chhak in...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Delhi Police has arrested two men from Odisha's Bhubaneswar for allegedly cheating a rice trader of Rs 20 lakh by posing as representatives of a company selling agricultural products, police said Saturday. Two of the accused, identified as Basudev Swain (35), a resident...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has ordered disciplinary action against seven police officers and decided to blacklist a private technology firm after an enquiry into the June 29 stampede near the Gundicha Temple in Puri during the Rath Yatra, which claimed three lives and left several...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) swung into action at the Baliyatra ground Saturday morning following food safety raids. According to officials, several stalls under ORMAS were found selling stale food items, including large quantities of spoiled yogurt unfit for consumption. Authorities said strict action...

RESHMI YADAV, OP Bhubaneswar: Generation Z — often represented and referred to those born between the mid-1990s and 2012 — are the ones to grow up surrounded by technology. However, this constant digital stimulation has come with a cost — a disrupted sleep cycle, deteriorating...

Nuapada: BJP leader and Puri MP Sambit Patra Friday criticised the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and its president Naveen Patnaik, accusing them of showing disrespect to the family of late BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia. Speaking at a press meet in Nuapada, held in the presence...

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking case of cybercrime in the City here, fraudsters posing as Mumbai Crime Branch officials duped a senior chartered accountant (CA) of Rs 1.5 crore after subjecting him and his wife to a ‘digital arrest’ for 10 days. The victim, identified as...