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Berhampur: The Berhampur Police raided seven illegal hookah bars in the city and seized 47 hookah pots with stand, tobacco and other smoking items. Seven criminal cases have been registered...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday caught a junior engineer with more than Rs two lakh cash, the source of which he failed to explain satisfactorily. The junior engineer...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move to bolster road infrastructure, the Cabinet has approved the ‘Odisha State Road Policy 2025’ with an aim to provide a framework for a quality road...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government effected a major reshuffle in the Indian Forest Service (IFS) cadre in the state on Friday by transferring 15 officers. As per a notification issued by...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Friday issued a traffic advisory and public order restrictions in Bhubaneswar in view of President Droupadi Murmu’s two-day visit to Odisha on March 24 and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was rocked by uproarious scenes amid demonstrations by opposition Congress MLAS over crimes against women in the state. The Assembly proceedings were disrupted virtually throughout the...

Paradip: Two ships - Ocean Jade and Ocean Morganite – were placed under ‘arrest’ at Paradip Port in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Friday over a maritime dispute case. The arrest...

Baripada: Three persons, including a teacher and an engineer, were arrested by the police in Khunta area of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district for allegedly impersonating a senior IAS officer and cheating...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested a Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) for allegedly embezzling over Rs 43 lakh government funds for cricket betting and gaming applications. Khetramohan Nayak, PEO at...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik has nominated two party leaders Amar Patnaik and Sanjay Dasburma to attend a meeting on delimitation scheduled to be held on Saturday...