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Bhubaneswar: At least six people were killed and four others injured Sunday due to lightning strikes at various places in Odisha, police said. Two persons died in Kendrapara district as lightning struck them when they were working in their agricultural fields, a senior officer said....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee Sunday announced that it would join the nationwide protest on the Hindenburg Research's latest allegations and will gherao the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office here August 22. Hindenburg Research had, on August 10, accused SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and...

Bhubaneswar: The two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of Odisha Legislative Assembly concluded here Sunday. Opposition parties - BJD and Congress - boycotted the programme, citing "breach of protocol." BJP and independent MLAs attended the orientation. Addressing the valedictory session, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman...

Bhubaneswar: A local court here Sunday granted Odisha Police five-day remand of Raju Mandal, an accused in the SIM box racket, officials said. West Bengal resident Mandal was arrested Saturday with over 1,000 pre-activated SIM cards along with routers and other equipment from a house...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance Sunday arrested three persons including a commercial tax and GST officer on the charge of bribery, evasion of taxes and causing loss to the government, officials said. Binay Bhusan Tripathy, an assistant commissioner of enforcement unit, Jajpur along with two private persons...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Jual Oram's wife Jhingia Oram died of dengue during treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, family sources said Sunday. Jhingia Oram (58) is survived by her husband and two daughters. She died at about 10.50pm Saturday night, they said. The Union...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police claimed to have busted a SIM box racket operated from Bhubaneswar by a Bangladeshi to reroute international calls to Pakistan, China and West Asia, a senior officer said. Raju Mandal, who hails from West Bengal, has been arrested and over 1,000 SIM...

Bhubaneswar: As many as nine people were killed and 12 others were injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in different parts of Odisha Saturday, police said. According to a statement issued by the chief minister's office, two deaths each were reported in Mayurbhanj, Balasore...

Bhubaneswar: With the low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal intensifying and the IMD forecasting heavy downpour in parts of Odisha till August 20, the state government Saturday put all the 30 districts on alert to deal with any possible flood-like situation or water-logging. The India...

Bhubaneswar: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday inaugurated a two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The opposition BJD and the Congress, however, boycotted the programme over “breach of protocol” claims. Of the 147 members in the Odisha Assembly,...