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Bhubaneswar: The lifting of Mahadeepa (sacred lamp) atop Lingaraj Temple in the Odisha capital was delayed by over 30 minutes on Wednesday. While it was decided at a preparatory meeting...

Berhampur: A large and heavy iron object weighing around 80 kilograms was sighted on the shoreline of Bateswar beach in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Wednesday. As per sources, the mysterious...

Bhubaneswar: Noted poet and journalist Praharaj Satyanarayan Nanda passed away on Wednesday following a brief illness. He was 82. Nanda, who was ailing for some time, breathed his last on...

Berhampur: Owner of a foreign liquor shop was arrested by the police in Odisha’s Berhampur city for allegedly attacking Excise department personnel and stealing stock seized from the sealed outlet....

Bhubaneswar: Opposition to a proposal to relocate Sainik School to the outskirts of Bhubaneswar gained further momentum on Wednesday with several organisations vowing to launch an agitation against the move....

Balasore: In a landmark judgment, a court in Odisha’s Balasore convicted three members of a dacoity gang while pronouncing the first verdict in the district under the new penal law...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha planning plans to take a leaf out of crowd management strategies at Maha Kumbh for Rath Yatra scheduled for June 27 in Puri. CCTVs will be installed...

Bhubaneswar Rituals for Maha Shivratri at Shree Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar began after 3 am on Wednesday. Devotees have started to queue up outside to offer prayers at the shrine....

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has dismissed former MP Tathagata Satapathy's plea, challenging the mandatory Aadhaar-PAN linkage for operating demat accounts. The single bench of Justice S K Panigrahi observed...

Bhubaneswar:  Berhampur University Vice Chancellor Prof Geetanjali Dash was placed under 'digital arrest' and defrauded to the tune of Rs 14 lakh in a latest impersonation fraud case in Odisha....