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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...

Puri: A devotee was detained by police for carrying hidden cameras fitted in his spectacles inside Srimandir here Friday, officials said. He was identified as Bharat Pandya from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. While photography and videography are strictly prohibited inside the 12th-century shrine, this is the...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan Friday instructed the District Election Officer (DEO) and Superintendent of Police to ensure that all political functionaries and party workers from outside the Nuapada constituency leave the area after the end of campaigning for the bypoll. Addressing...

Bhubaneswar: The form fill-up process for the 2026 Annual High School Certificate (HSC) Examination in Odisha will reportedly begin November 8, 2025, and continue till November 22, 2025. According to the official notification issued by Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, candidates have been divided...

Cuttack: Orissa High Court Friday directed Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M to appear in person and file an affidavit explaining his public remarks on a case currently under the court's consideration. The direction came from a single-judge bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra, which was hearing...

Bhubaneswar: A 30-year-old man from Maharashtra was arrested by the Odisha Police for allegedly duping an investor with the promise of high returns, officials said Friday. Savyasachi Pisolkar (30), a native of Maharashtra's Nashik district, was arrested by the Cyber Crime unit on the basis...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Friday inaugurated the 84th Annual Session of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) in Bhubaneswar and announced an additional Rs 1,000 crore road development package for Odisha. Speaking to the mediapersons, Nitin Gadkari said: "The funds...

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Nitin Gadkari Friday said India is transitioning from a fuel-importing to a fuel-exporting nation, driven by the growing production and use of ethanol, methanol and green hydrogen. Gadkari, addressing the 84th annual session of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC), emphasised the government's...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday praised the country's national song 'Vande Mataram', describing it as not merely a song but the symbol of patriotism, sacrifices and valour. Participating in the state-level inauguration event of the year-long programme for the commemoration of the...