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Cuttack: The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA)  on Sunday announced a 16-member state team to be led Subhranshu Senapati for the 2019-20 Ranji season. The team has been announced for the two matches, the OCA said in a release. Odisha will…

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Bhubaneswar: Prafulla Kar (Music), Sudarshan Sahoo (Art) and Ileana Citaristi (dance) were felicitated during the second edition of Odisha Excellence Award (OEA) here on Sunday morning. Governor Ganeshi Lal gave away the awards to 17…

Bargarh: A man posing as a tehsildar and extorting money from a tractor owner was arrested at Adapani village in Bargarh district on Saturday. Police said the accused, Pritviraj, had introduced himself as the tehsildar of Jharabandha and…

Bhubaneswar: First, the good news — Odisha has recorded decline in prevalence of HIV+ cases and transmission to children. AIDS-related deaths in the state have also dipped, according to HIV Sentinel Survey 2017. However, the latest data…

Bhawanipatna: Forest staffs have rescued a 7-foot-long python from a truck going to Rayagada district on Friday. The truck driver spotted the snake while filling air in a rear wheel at Chhatikuda village, about 16 km from Bhawanipatna. The…

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that the intensity of winter this year will be much less compared to last year. The national weather agency, in a release on the Seasonal Temperature Outlook (issued…

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch's Economic Offence Wing (EOW) arrested Mallikarjun Raju, director of Bhubaneswar-based chit fund company Shastra Enterprises, on Friday. Earlier, EOW had arrested four officials of the company According to…

Bhubaneswar: About 60 per cent of adolescents in Odisha suffer from anaemia, said a report by the Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security (CFNS), a New Delhi-based research body. According to the report, 41.5 per cent of girls and 18.3…

Bhubaneswar: Abinash Kumar Mohanta, Odisha’s only non-celebrity contestant in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) season 11, may not have hit the jackpot, but won the host Amitabh Bachchan’s heart for playing a “shaandar” game. Mohanta, an…