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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Tuesday arrested the prime accused in the alleged assault of a journalist in Bolangir district, an officer said. According to police, Bijoy Pradhan, a reporter of a local TV channel, had visited Kulthipali village on Saturday to report on alleged irregularities in...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Tuesday criticised the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and alleged that non-execution of the ambitious Coastal Highway project is a "betrayal" by the 'double engine sarkar'. BJD vice-president and former minister Sanjay Das Burma said this at a press conference here...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress president Bhakta Charan Das Tuesday alleged that the soil cave-in at a tunnel of the ongoing Khurda-Bolangir project in Boudh district happened because of negligence by the railways. The incident happened in Adenigarh area of Harabhanga block in Boudh district Monday afternoon....

Bhubaneswar: A member of the proscribed CPI (Maoist), who was carrying a cash reward of Rs 4 lakh on his head, surrendered before the Odisha Police Tuesday, according to an official statement. Bijaya Punem alias Ajay, a native of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, was an...

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the IMD's forecast on the formation of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal, Odisha government Tuesday put the collectors of all districts on alert and asked them to remain prepared to deal with the heavy rainfall and associated climatic...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the state's strategic importance on the eastern border of the country. Majhi, who is on a four-day tour to the national capital, sought Singh's support and commitment towards strengthening...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to attend a function June 12 to mark the first anniversary of the BJP government in the state, a minister said. The CM also invited them to...

Bhubaneswar: Success is not measured by marks, but by the values one upholds and the positive changes one brings to society, said Odisha Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati while felicitating the toppers of the Annual High School Certificate Examination 2025 and their parents at the...

Bhubaneswar: CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hosting a conclave of NDA chief ministers, alleging that it was "discriminatory" and "undemocratic". Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, Baby said had the PM met non-NDA CMs, he would have faced questions...

Puri: In light of the ongoing dispute with West Bengal over the naming of the Digha temple as a "Dham," the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) Monday decided to patent certain words and logos associated with the 12th-century shrine in Odisha. A proposal to...