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Bhubaneswar: Senior journalist Sarat Chandra Dash died at a private hospital Friday, family sources said. He was 83 and is survived by two sons and two daughters. Dash, the former Odisha bureau chief of the Press Trust of India (PTI), had been suffering from prostate-related...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Friday arrested four persons, including the kingpin of an inter-state cannabis smuggling racket, in Nayagarh district after a month-long intelligence-driven operation, officials said. The arrested persons have been identified as Durbasa Sahu (46), the alleged mastermind, Subudhi Sahu (40), Arun Kumar Rana...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday suspended four senior officials over errors found in school textbooks and initiated disciplinary proceedings against six assistant directors. The action was taken based on the report submitted by a high-level inquiry committee headed by Development Commissioner DK Singh. According to the...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant judgement under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, a Fast Track Special Court in Odisha’s Cuttack district has convicted an Urdu teacher and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. The...

Bhubaneswar: A day after joining the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Sujata Rout Karthikeyan, a former IAS officer and wife of ex-bureaucrat V K Pandian, Friday said the future of politics lies in "we" and not "I", stressing the importance of teamwork and shared responsibility. A...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy Friday, constituted the Standing Committees and Public Accounts Committee (PAC), assigning chairperson responsibilities to legislators across party lines. More than 35 Assembly committees, including PAC, and 10 Standing Committees have been formed. Opposition chief whip Pramila Mallik has been...

Bhubaneswar: A three-member committee probing errors in Odisha school textbooks has submitted its report to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, paving the way for possible action against officials responsible for the lapses. Headed by the Development Commissioner Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh, the panel submitted its...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling has directed officials to strengthen fire safety systems across all government medical colleges, hospitals, district headquarters hospitals, and other healthcare institutions in the state. Chairing a high-level fire safety review meeting held at Lok Seva Bhavan...

Bhubaneswar: In a major infrastructure announcement for the holy city of Puri, state government has unveiled plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art multipurpose convention centre with a seating capacity of 1,000, aimed at transforming the city into a premier destination for conferences, cultural events,...

Bhubaneswar: Ruling that a wife cannot be treated as her husband’s property and is free to decide where she wishes to live, the Orissa High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a man seeking the release of his wife from alleged illegal...