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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday expressed grief over the demise of former Kerala CM VS Achuthanandan. Achuthanandan, one of India's most respected Communist leaders, died at the age of 101. He passed away at Thiruvananthapuram while undergoing treatment following a cardiac arrest...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: A delegation of BJD MPs Monday met the 15-year-old girl, who is struggling for her life after suffering 70 per cent burn injuries, at AIIMS Delhi and enquired about her health condition, party sources said. The girl was set on fire by three...

Cuttack: Justice Manas Ranjan Pathak was sworn in as a judge of the Orissa High Court in Cuttack Monday. Chief Justice Harish Tandon administered the oath of office to Justice Pathak in the presence of State Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan, Advocate General Pitambar Acharya and...

Bhubaneswar: In a strategic boost to aviation infrastructure, the Odisha government has completed all formalities for establishing the state's first Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Bhubaneswar, marking a significant leap in creating aviation-linked economic ecosystems, an official said. Anchored by the commerce and...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of BJD leaders and workers Monday staged demonstrations before the offices of the revenue divisional commissioners (RDCs) in three different regions of Odisha demanding the constitution of a judicial panel to probe the self-immolation death of a woman student in Balasore. Opposition leaders...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The illegal and unlawful activities by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneshwar led to the suicides of two Nepalese students and the actions of the administration amount to criminal liability, a fact-finding panel set up the UGC has found. The panel...

Bhubaneswar: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Odisha Police has arrested two persons from Rajasthan for creating a fake website of a hotel to dupe tourists in Puri, officials said Monday. The arrested persons have been identified as Aamir Khan (24) and Yusuf (27). Earlier, Anshuman...

Bhubaneswar: The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Monday suspended its Odisha unit president, Udit Pradhan, following his arrest in connection with an alleged rape case involving a 19-year-old engineering student. The incident reportedly occurred March 18 at a hotel in Bhubaneswar but came to...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Amit Malviya Monday targeted the Opposition BJD and Congress, accusing them of shielding criminals. His statement came in the wake of the arrest of Udit Pradhan, the Odisha State President of Congress’s student wing, on charges of raping a 19-year-old engineering...

Bhubaneswar: In a major embarrassment for opposition Congress in Odisha, which has been highlighting rising crimes against women in the state, its student wing chief Udit Pradhan was arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman engineering student at a hotel here, police said Monday. The...