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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's anti-corruption vigilance team Friday uncovered assets worth crores of rupees owned by a high-ranking engineer, including 85 plots, a gold biscuit and other valuables. The case marks the third instance in a series involving senior officials with substantial landholdings. In the past week,...

Berhampur: Pradeep Mahapatra, a former professor of journalism and mass communication at Berhampur University, passed away Thursday night in a Bhubaneswar hospital following a heart attack. He was 69 and is survived by his wife, also a retired professor from the same university. Mourners, including...

Bhubaneswar/ Bhawanipatna: Anti-corruption vigilance sleuths Friday arrested an Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer on charges of possessing "ill-gotten" cash amounting to Rs 4.92 lakh, police said. The accused officer, Akhyamita Kartik, block development officer (BDO) of Golamunda in Kalahandi district, was intercepted by vigilance officials...

New Delhi: The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has given its approval to two Hydro Pumped Storage Plants (PSPs), which include the 600 MW Upper Indravati in Odisha being developed by OHPC Ltd and 2000 MW Sharavathy in Karnataka being developed by KPCL, the Union Ministry...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha, which is already encountering wet spells, is likely to receive more rainfall due to the formation of a low pressure area over adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand, the IMD said Friday. "Under the influence of a cyclonic circulation... a low pressure area...

Bhubaneswar: The sixth edition of Odisha’s biggest quizzing extravaganza ‘Orissa POST Mettle Meet-2024’ is all set to kick off at Hotel Crystal Crown here Saturday when 82 top educational institutions of the state will participate in the war of minds during the preliminary rounds. Top...

Bhubaneswar: There is a need to include animal welfare in disaster management planning as part of disaster preparedness resilient for both humans and animals, experts opined in a conference hosted by Humane Society International (HIS), in collaboration with Anchalik Jan Seva Anushthan, here Thursday. More...

Bhubaneswar: As per National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 68.5 per cent of infants in Odisha are breastfed within the first hour of birth, which is significantly higher than the national average of 41.8 per cent, informed the Directorate of Family Welfare on the World Breastfeeding...

Bhubaneswar: Nayapalli police Thursday arrested two cheats for allegedly duping passport applicants by impersonating Passport Seva officials here. Nayapalli IIC Satyaranjan Pradhan said the accused were identified as Santosh Kumar Swain, 34 and Tikuna Subudhi, 32, both locals. The fraud came to the fore after...

Puri: The police here Thursday issued notices to three persons who were found on the chariots during the annual Rath Yatra, wearing servitor attire and carrying fake passes. The notices were issued after the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) provided CCTV footage and drone camera...