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Bhubaneswar: Railway projects worth over Rs 80,000 crore are being executed in Odisha, Union Minister of State for Railways V Somanna said Saturday. He said Rs 10,599 crore was allocated to the state in the 2025-26 budget, a 12.5-fold increase from the Rs 838 crore...

Kolkata/Puri: TMC Saturday termed the incident of setting a 15-year-old girl on fire by miscreants in BJP-ruled Odisha's Puri district as "criminal negligence", and accused the saffron party of witch-hunting Opposition parties instead of protecting the country's daughters. The girl reportedly suffered 70 per cent...

Bhubaneswar: BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Saturday expressed deep anguish over the incident of a 15-year-old girl being set on fire by miscreants in Odisha’s Puri district and said such cases point to a "systemic failure of governance". A 15-year-old girl reportedly suffered 70 per cent...

Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old girl from Odisha’s Puri district, who was set on fire by unidentified miscreants, is reportedly in critical condition with 70 per cent burn injuries, sources said Saturday. She is being treated at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, where doctors said she is conscious and able...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress in Odisha has decided to open a dedicated women's cell and launch a mobile application to help women and girls in distress. The party took the decision at its Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting held Friday. It was resolved in the PAC...

Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old girl was set on fire by miscreants in Odisha's Puri district Saturday, officials said. She was rushed to AIIMS Bhubaneswar in a critical condition, they said. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, who is in charge of the Women and Child Development Department,...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has instructed departmental secretaries to expedite the implementation of various developmental work in the Cuttack Parliamentary constituency area. The Chief Minister’s instruction came during a meeting with Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab at Lok Sabha Bhawan Friday. Majhi also suggested...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress Friday announced it will observe ‘Shraddhanjali Divas’ across Odisha July 24, marking the 'Ekadasah' (11th-day post-death ritual) of the deceased Fakir Mohan Autonomous College girl student. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das made the announcement following meeting with party’s...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the self-immolation death of a woman student over an alleged sexual harassment incident in Balasore’s Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, the Odisha government Friday made it mandatory for all higher education institutions to prominently display the Women Helpline Number-181 on the...

Bhubaneswar: Further intensifying its agitation demanding a judicial probe into the death of a woman college student in Balasore, the Opposition BJD Friday held a silent protest demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue in Bhubaneswar. The party also decided to continue its stir till the government...