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Nuapada: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Monday alleged serious violations during the 48-hour silence period in the Nuapada Assembly bypoll. The silence period of the Nuapada assembly bypoll started Sunday evening, as the polling will be held November 11. "The hallmark of...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan Monday rejected the Opposition BJD’s allegation that a truckload of electronic voting machines (EVMs) was covertly moved from Ganjam district to Nuapada November 9 ahead of the by-election to the constituency. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar,...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury dropped below 15 degrees Celsius at more than 10 places in Odisha Monday, with temperatures likely to dip further during the next two days, the IMD said. G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state, recording a minimum...

Nuapada: Nuapada Collector and District Election Officer (DEO) Madusudan Dash Monday said all arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of polling for the bypoll November 11. He said that two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters have been kept ready to pick up and...

Sonepur: After over two weeks of disruption, anaesthesia services at the Subarnapur District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) are set to resume from Monday. The announcement was made by Chief District Medical and Public Health Officer (CDM&PHO) Dr Usharani Dash, who issued an official directive outlining the...

Sunabeda: Panic gripped the locals in Old Sunabeda area of Koraput district after reports about a tiger roaming over there surfaced. The Forest Department has launched an investigation to verify the claim and installed four trap cameras to track the animal’s movement. A video purportedly...

Baula: Once dropped out of school owing to abject poverty and worked as a labourer at a brick kiln, 20-year-old Rani Hembram of Sangam village under Dhenka panchayat in Hatadihi block of Keonjhar district has broken the glass ceiling by cracking the NEET exam even...

Dhenkikote: Residents who lost land during the expansion of National Highway 20, the lifeline of Keonjhar district, have warned of protest and road blockade if their long-pending compensation is not settled soon. Although compensations were partly disbursed, several affected landowners said they are still waiting...

Angul/Chhendipada: In a unique drive to discourage liquor consumption, an association of women in Badahinsara panchayat on the outskirts of Angul town has decided to impose Rs 40,000 fine on those selling liquor and Rs 10,000 for those consuming it. The decision came to the...

Angul: Forest officials’ efforts to reunite an elephant calf with its herd went in vain as the pachyderms refused to take the newborn calf back. The 15-day-old elephant calf was rescued after it got trapped in the muck on a paddy field while feeding on...