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Bhubaneswar/Sonepur: At least three pilgrims from Odisha died in a road accident near Katra in Jammu and Kashmir while travelling to Maa Vaishnodevi temple, the state government said in a press release Friday. The deceased have been identified as Bichitra Kumar Sahu, Yogindra Matari and...

Nuapada: BJD's Nuapada candidate Snehangini Chhuria Friday dismissed Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's claim that she is an "outsider", saying she belongs to western Odisha and has strong family roots in the district. Reacting to CM Majhi's remarks at a public meeting in Nuapada...

Angul: Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has arrested two wildlife traffickers and seized two elephant tusks weighing 4.795 kilograms from their possession. According to STF sources, acting on an intelligence input, a raid was conducted Thursday evening in Jadupur area under Athmallik police...

Bargarh: At least three persons were killed and another injured when a van in which they were travelling overturned after hitting a road divider in Odisha's Bargarh district, police said Friday. The accident took place on the Bargarh town bypass, connecting Hajira in Gujarat and...

Berhampur: Police Thursday detained six suspects, including the mastermind, from outside the state in connection with the gruesome murder of advocate and BJP leader Pitabas Panda in this city of Ganjam district. Investigators said they have identified the mastermind behind the plot, and the murder...

Sonepur: The district administration Thursday suspended Kalu Mirdha, a senior assistant at the office of the Project Director, Watershed department and deputy director of the Soil Conservation department in Subarnapur on charge of dereliction of official duty. District Collector Nruparaj Sahu issued the suspension order...

Nuapada: As the political atmosphere heats up ahead of the Nuapada byelection, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) released their respective lists of campaigners on Thursday. While the BJP's star campaigners' list included two Chief Ministers, three Deputy...

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration in Odisha imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS in Singipur village Thursday. The action follows a clash between two neighbouring villages over a disputed piece of land. The restraining order has been imposed to control the situation,...

Bhubaneswar: Two chief ministers, three deputy CMs, three Union ministers, three Odia actors are among 40 people who will campaign for BJP candidate Jay Dholakia for Nuapada bypoll scheduled for November 11. The BJP Thursday submitted a list of its star campaigners with the Election...

Berhampur: The Odisha government has rescued two boys from Bihar who were allegedly engaged as child labourers in Ganjam district, officials said. The minors, aged 12 and 14, hail from Muzaffarpur and Samastipur districts of Bihar, respectively, they said. “The rescued children will be provided...