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Bhubaneswar: Lightning strikes have claimed 1,418 lives in Odisha over the past five years, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the Assembly Thursday. Replying to a query by BJP legislator Tankadhar Tripathy, the minister said the fatalities took place between 2020-21 and 2024-25....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police Thursday lathicharged Congress activists and used water canons to disperse them, as hundreds of party workers staged demonstrations near the Assembly to press for the formation of a House Committee to probe into an alleged rise in crimes against women in...

Bhubaneswar: Legislators of the Opposition BJD Thursday sprinkled 'Ganga Jal' in the Odisha Assembly before attending the proceedings, alleging that the House had been "spiritually polluted" by the entry of policemen. Police had Tuesday night, entered the Well to evict Congress members who were staging...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das urged party workers to maintain peace, even if they were detained by the police, during its 'Vidhan Sabha gherao' programme Thursday. Das said that the Congress will stage a demonstration near the Assembly, demanding the...

RESHMI YADAV, OP Bhubaneswar: The ‘I am with Nature’ painting exhibition, organised by the Ketaki Foundation Trust, was inaugurated Wednesday at the Lalit Kala Akademi at Regional Centre Gallery here. The six-day exhibition features 20 paintings by ten eminent Odia artists, created during the Lulung...

“When there is belief in God, there will always be a demand for agarbatti,” says Prahlad Pallai, proprietor of Swomen Agarbati. The brand was established in 2010 with a vision to revolutionise the incense stick industry and has proved its mettle in the market. From...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to raise awareness about conservation of Indian bison (also known as gaur or gayala in Odia), Hirakud Wildlife Division has recently organised Indian Bison Festival at Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, a first-of-its-kind in the state. The festival was held at Zeropoint in...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch has arrested five persons, including a home guard, in connection Rs 3.50-crore bank fraud, official sources said Wednesday. The accused were identified as Dhananjay Prusty of Cuttack’s Chandini Chowk, Nirapada Karmakar of West Bengal’s Hoogly, Benudhar...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the face-off between the BJP and the Congress over the issue of women's safety, Odisha Congress chief Bhakta Charan Das Wednesday that the 'Mahabharat' of Odisha politics has just started. "In 'Mahabharat, ' a woman was the cause of the fight between the...

Bhubaneswar: Rape cases have increased and murder cases have gone down in Odisha in the year 2024 compared to the previous year, as per the White Paper published by the Home Department. According to the white paper the state has reported 3,054 rape cases and...