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Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday purchased a ticket for the one-day international match between India and West Indies at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on December 22. The office-bearers of the Odisha Cricket…

Puri: The Puri district administration on Tuesday completed the demolition of Mangu Mutt, which was within 75-metre radius of the 12th century Jagannath Temple. The administration, which had begun the process on December 8, had completed…

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) here on Tuesday arrested a couple for their alleged involvement in a cheating case. The arrested have been identified as Biswa Bhushan Biswal and his wife Maheswata Biswal. Biswal was working…

Puri: The Puri Municipality on Tuesday began evicting old structures from the premises of Swargadwar. According to reports, a building built inside the premises several years ago to conduct post-death rituals was demolished. Apart from…

Bhubaneswar: Police on Tuesday detained several Student Congress activists for hurling onion at the official residence of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain. Protesting against the steep price hike, the…

Bhubaneswar: The eviction drive around the Lingaraj Temple here was put on hold on Tuesday following protests from locals, several trading establishments, and local leaders. “It was decided that a 10-member delegation of the servitor’s…

Berhampur: GLN Swami Sekhar of Berhampur in Ganjam district is a much relieved man after solemnising the marriage of his visually-impaired daughter, Soumyaa, and that too without paying any dowry. The groom is Madan Mohan, a resident of…

Bhubaneswar: Two days after a suicide attempt by a Class XI girl of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) no-3 at Mancheswar, the deputy commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan transferred the female physical education teacher (PET) to the…

Bhubaneswar: Parbati Muljani in Bhubaneswar is an epitome of motherhood. This resident of Sikharachandi near Patia takes care of around 200 stray dogs like a mother by feeding them daily. And she has been at this noble task for the past 16…

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Congress leader and former minister, Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty, passed away at his Bhubaneswar home on Saturday night. He was 92. Following the news, several Congress leaders rushed to his residence to pay their last…