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Sonepur: Surgical services at the Subarnapur District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) have come to a standstill due to the absence of a trained anaesthesiologist, leaving patients with no choice but to seek costly treatment at private nursing homes. Currently, the hospital is offering only outpatient department...

DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: The onset of winter marks the return of spectacular migratory birds to the majestic Chilika Lake. The congregation of seldom-sighted birds, in quest of warmth in chilly winters, transforms the lake into a paradise much to the delight of wildlife...

Phulbani/Kotagarh: A 14-year-old girl from Kandhamal district was allegedly sold in Madhya Pradesh after being lured with the promise of a job. Police rescued the minor girl two months after the incident and arrested three persons, including a middleman. The accused have been identified as...

Koraput: In a tragic incident underscoring the perils of hunting practices, two persons were electrocuted after coming in contact with a live wire, allegedly laid to trap wild animals in the forest area under Laxmipur police station in Koraput district Friday. The incident occurred near...

Udayagiri/Bhanjanagar: A Berhampur-bound passenger bus overturned on the Kalinga Ghat road in the Ganjam–Kandhamal border area early Friday, leaving one woman dead and 10 others injured, police said. The deceased was identified as Suryakanti Nayak of Aska in Ganjam district. The injured were taken to...

Rourkela: A large cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives, including sophisticated rifles, cartridges, and IEDs have been seized following an encounter with Maoists in the Saranda forest along the Odisha-Jharkhand border during a combing operation, security officials said Friday. Officials said a fierce gun battle...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Nuapada: Launching a scathing attack on the incumbent BJP government in the state, former Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik Friday Patnaik said the so-called “double engine” government has only delivered “double betrayal”. He said this during a...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan Friday instructed the District Election Officer (DEO) and Superintendent of Police to ensure that all political functionaries and party workers from outside the Nuapada constituency leave the area after the end of campaigning for the bypoll. Addressing...

Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik Friday accused the ruling BJP of "cheating" people by making "false promises" and forming a government. Campaigning for the BJD candidate in the Nuapada bypoll, the BJD chief said the BJP can form a government by making...

New Delhi/Sundargarh: State-owned engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) Friday said that it has secured an order worth Rs 6,650 core from NTPC Ltd for setting up an 800-MW unit at Darlipali Supercritical Thermal Power Project Stage-II in Odisha’s Sundargarh district. "BHEL has received...