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Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to witness heavy rain for three days from October 27 as a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression Saturday, IMD said. The weather office issued 'orange' (be prepared to take action) and 'yellow' (be aware) warnings...

Hatadihi: Resentment has been mounting among residents in Keonjhar district’s Hatadihi block against illegal sand mining as villagers of Karagola under Ambo panchayat Friday staged a ‘satyagraha’ against illegal sand mining from the Baitarani riverbed. Villagers sat on the sandy riverbed under the scorching sun...

New Delhi/Rourkela: Researchers from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have developed a smart control system that can automatically manage the electricity flow from solar, wind, and battery sources. This innovative “hybrid microgrid” can deliver a clean and continuous power supply to areas in...

Berhampur: Former Berhampur mayor Shibashankar Dash, alias Pintu, arrested in connection with the murder of advocate Pitabas Panda, will be shifted from Berhampur Circle Jail to Phulbani Jail for security reasons. Jail authorities had sought permission from the SDJM Court of Judge Kumar Spandan to...

Chhatrapur: Adani Gopalpur Port workers’ unions Friday presented a 10-point demand charter to the port management and sought interference of the Ganjam district administration in the matter. They have given a seven-day ultimatum to the management to fulfill their demands, failing which they have warned...

Koraput: Lok Sabha MP Saptagiri Ulaka Friday alleged massive corruption in the construction of 228 roads executed by National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) Limited in Koraput and Rayagada districts. He raised serious concerns over poor construction quality and misuse of government funds, asserting that the...

Keonjhar: A 26-year-old man and a 24-year-old married woman have been allegedly physically assaulted, forced to wear footwear garlands and paraded on the streets of a village in Odisha's Keonjhar district on the suspicion of having an extra-marital relationship, police said Friday. The incident took...

Kendrapara: Forest department personnel in Odisha's Kendrapara district Friday seized around 15 quintals of mangrove roots that bore resemblance to sandalwood in Bhitarkanika National Park and arrested nine people, including five women, for trespassing into the protected forest and felling trees, officials said. Ten quintals...

Kendrapara: Forest officials in Odisha's Kendrapara district Friday rescued two poisonous snakes that had strayed into houses in villages located within the Bhitarkanika National Park. While a five-foot-long monocled cobra was rescued from the backyard of a house in Khamarasahi village, a nine-foot-long python was...

Nuapada: The BJP, BJD and Congress are trying to woo the tribal voters in the Nuapada assembly byelection, as they constitute more than 33 per cent of the total electorate of the constituency. The Congress has fielded Ghasiram Majhi, a local tribal man from Nuapada,...