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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has extended its interim order preventing any coercive action against senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi and his family by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) until March 18 in a bribery case. The court passed on the order during a...

Bhubaneswar: Protesting selection of a blacklisted company to conduct examinations to recruit police personnel and staff in the state pollution control board, youth and student members of the Congress Wednesday tried to gherao Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's official residence here. Recruitment tests for...

Bhubaneswar: The Super Cup 2025, the annual premier football cup competition in India, will be played in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from April 21, the All India Football Federation announced Wednesday. The 16-team premier club competition will be played in a knock-out format, different from the previous...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday accused the BJP government in Odisha of indulging in ‘immature politics with small minds.’ Patnaik said this while addressing party members on the 109th birth anniversary of former chief minister Biju Patnaik, referring to the state government's recent decision...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government inked an agreement with the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) to enhance the capacity of fisheries officers and progressive farmers in the state, officials said Wednesday. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by IRMA Director Umakant Dash, Fisheries Director Sadique...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi invited Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik to attend the state-level function marking stalwart Biju Patnaik's birth anniversary Wednesday amid the row over the government's decision to not celebrate the day as Panchayati Raj Divas. The state has been...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday recalled the contribution of former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik on his birth anniversary and said he was staunchly committed to democratic ideals. Biju Patnaik, who was born on this day in 1916, was a two-time Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress in Odisha announced a state-wide protest March 10, alleging a rise in crimes against women after the BJP came to power in Bhubaneswar in June last year. State Congress president Bhakta Charan Das alleged Tuesday that there was "no governance" in the...

Bhubaneswar: The historic Paralakhemundi railway station, undergoing transformation under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, has found itself at the centre of controversy over a newly-installed statue. As the first Odisha-dedicated railway line and the first royal railway station of the state, the station holds immense...

Bhubaneswar: Dubbing the BJP government's move of delinking Biju Patnaik's name from the Panchayati Raj Divas as an “insult” to the Odisha stalwart, opposition BJD and Congress Tuesday urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to reconsider the decision. The Odisha government had earlier announced its...