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Baripada: The National Green Tribunal’s Eastern Zone bench in Kolkata has directed the state government and concerned authorities to file their responses regarding a proposal to allot land for a five-star hotel project at Laxmiposhi near the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district. The tribunal...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Friday attacked Odisha's BJP government, accusing it of lacking a clear strategy to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute, allowing Chhattisgarh to construct more dams and barrages to obstruct free flow of water in the inter-state river. The allegations were made at a...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed and another seriously injured in a clash between two groups of youths in Odisha's Bargarh district, police said Friday. The clash erupted over some personal dispute, which turned fatal, a police officer said. "A verbal duel broke out between three...

Balasore: India Friday successfully test-fired nuclear weapons-capable Agni-3 ballistic missile from the Chandipur off Odisha coast, which has a strike range of more than 3,000 kilometres, officials said. The surface-to-surface missile was launched by the personnel of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) from a mobile launcher...

Baripada: President Droupadi Murmu Friday appealed to tribals to speak up and raise their issues with the government during her visit to Similipal National Park in Odisha. The President also underscored the importance of education and advised them to avail benefits of government schemes. Murmu,...

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada/Phulbani: A Maoist couple, each carrying a reward of Rs 55.10 lakh on their heads, and 17 other red rebels surrendered before the Odisha Police Friday, a top officer said. The couple is CPI (Maoist)'s state committee members Niranjan Rout (45) alias Nikhil, and his...

Angul: To turn forest fire prevention and environmental protection into a mass movement, a large-scale awareness cycle rally was flagged off Thursday in front of the Jagannath temple at Purunagarh in Angul town. The initiative is being organised by Sathi Paribar in collaboration with Dharitri...

Boudh: In a shocking incident, two students, a male and a female, of a degree college here reportedly attempted to end their lives by consuming poison on the institution's campus while classes were in progress Thursday. Both fell seriously ill and were rushed by fellow...

Rairangpur: President Droupadi Murmu turned emotional Thursday as she garlanded the statue of her late husband Shyam Charan Murmu at her native village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. The president, who is on a six-day trip to the state, visited her native village, Pahadpur, and went...

Koraput: A hardcore underground woman cadre of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation Thursday surrendered before the Koraput police in Odisha. The surrendered woman Maoist, identified as Mamata Podiami alias Mamita and Soni, is a resident of Bijapur district in neighbouring Chhattisgarh. She was an ACM...