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Bhubaneswar: Noting that people's verdict must be accepted gracefully, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Saturday said he would continue to serve the people of Odisha in whichever way possible. Speaking to PTI Video, the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha, who lost power to BJP after 24...

Bhubaneswar: IPS officer Ashish Singh is physically and mentally fit, the Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday said based on the report issued by the special medical board of AIIMS Bhubaneswar. "Forward the report of Special Medical Board to Odisha Chief Secretary for appropriate action...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary PK Jena has ordered the Puri district administration to inquire into the reported removal of various focus lights used as part of the Shree Jagannath Temple beautification project, an official said Saturday. The issue was raised by devotees and local people...

Bhubaneswar: Some youth leaders and party workers of Naveen Patnaik-led BJD raised slogans against prominent party leaders including bureaucrat-turned-politician VK Pandian, Rajya Sabha MPs Manas Mangaraj and Sasmit Patra at BJD headquarters Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, a source said Saturday. According to the source, as...

Bhubaneswar: The twin city Commissionerate Police arrested a priest on charges of bike lifting after recovering 24 stolen two-wheelers from his possession, Friday. The accused – Krupasindhu Mohapatra, 54, of Janla area – performed rituals at a temple near his residence in the morning hours...

Bhubaneswar: The National Eligibility-cumEntrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET-UG), conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA), has come under severe criticisms over the ‘irregularities’ in the results that were declared June 4. Several aspirants of the medical entrance test have alleged of inflated marks which led to...

Puri: Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu, appointed by the Odisha government to probe into the Puri firecracker accident, Friday recorded statements of parents of the burn victims, eyewitnesses, police, and health department officials. As many as 16 people including some minors have succumbed to...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 85 candidates elected to the 147-member Odisha Legislative Assembly in the 2024 election, have declared criminal cases pending against them, as per the Odisha Election Watch report. The report, released to the press here on Friday, stated that 58 per cent...

Puri: Devotees and residents of this pilgrim town expressed strong resentment over the switching of laser lights, which were installed to focus on the Sri Jagannath Temple, for the last two days. This apart, several lights were also taken away from the Parikrama corridor plunging...

Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha Friday granted interim bail to Khurda MLA-elect Prashant Jagdev who has been lodged in a jail after being arrested on the charge of damaging an EVM during voting May 25. Jagdev has been granted bail for three days -- June...