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Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday sounded orange and yellow warnings for 11 districts of Odisha, including Bhubaneswar, till 9 pm. Moderate rain/thundershower accompanied by lightning and hail...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to promote establishment of breweries to produce liquor from millets in the state. A plan in this regard was discussed during a review meeting...

Jajpur: The Odisha government has suspended woman sarpanch of Gramnandipur panchayat under Dasarathapur block in Jajpur district for allegedly misappropriating public money. The sarpanch, Sanjukta Mohanty was accused of embezzling...

Kendrapada: An SUV, carrying Class X students, overturned after hitting a cyclist near Krushnanagar Chhak under Talchua Marine police limits in Odisha's Kendrapara district on Friday morning. While the cyclist,...

Sambalpur: A 35-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged attack on a PG student of Sambalpur University. The accused has been identified as Rakesh Das, a native of Kolkata....

Bhubaneswar: Gold deposits have been found in two districts of Odisha and one of the mineral blocks will be auctioned by the Central government, the state Assembly was informed on...

Baripada: In a daring board daylight heist, robbers decamped with Rs 27 lakh by threatening the staff of SBI's Bahalda branch in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Thursday. According to sources,...

Bhubaneswar: In a first of its kind initiative in India, a ‘Take a Book Library’ has come up at Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik International Airport. The ‘Flybrary’, as it has been...

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued orange warning of thunderstorm accompanied by lightning, gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph and hail in Odisha from February 19-22. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials on Wednesday apprehended a senior OAS officer in Keonjhar for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a man for disbursing the compensation money of...