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Railways told to pay rRs.r1.3 lakh to passenger who missed flight due to late train

Bhubaneswar, April 30 -- Odisha district consumer disputes redressal forum on April 18 ordered Indian Railways to pay a penalty of Rs.1.3 lakh to a passenger who missed a connecting flight due to a de... Read More


23-year-old man found dead in Odisha police custody, suicide suspected: Police

Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- A 23-year-old man, who was arrested for the alleged abduction of a minor girl, was found dead inside the toilet of a police station in Odisha's Nabarangpur district. Nabarang... Read More


Odisha bank lets man withdraw dead sister's funds after viral video triggers outrage

Bhubaneswar, April 28 -- A day after a 42-year-old man carried his sister's exhumed skeleton to a rural bank in Odisha's Keonjhar district as a proof of death to withdraw money from her account, the b... Read More


Odisha: ASI starts sand removal at Konark Sun Temple's 'Jagamohan' after a century

Bhubaneswar, April 23 -- Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has begun the sand extraction process in the assembly hall, Jagamohan, of the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha, in a carefully planned effort t... Read More


Mahanadi tribunal warns Odisha and Chhattisgarh to resolve water dispute

Bhubaneswar, April 22 -- The Mahanadi river water dispute tribunal on Monday issued a warning to Odisha and Chhattisgarh to conclude the key minutes of an inter-state meeting on water availability. It... Read More


Odisha gets India's first 3D glass chip packaging plant

Bhubaneswar, April 19 -- Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for India's first glass substrate chip packaging unit in Bhubaneswar to boost the country's semico... Read More


Odisha govt to set up SITI think tank, replace state planning board: Official

Bhubaneswar, April 18 -- The Odisha government will set up the State Institute for Transformative Initiatives-Odisha, a NITI Aayog-like body, which will function as a policy think tank and strategic a... Read More


Odisha's Thar vehicles bought, modified with disaster response funds: CAG audit

Bhubaneswar, April 16 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its audit, has flagged irregularities in the Odisha forest, environment and climate change department's purchase of all-... Read More


Odisha: 7 convicted for fake SIMs, sharing the OTPs with Pakistani intelligence

Bhubaneswar, April 15 -- A sessions court in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday convicted seven people, including five from Odisha, for procuring SIM cards under fake identities and sharing one-time passwords (... Read More


BJD appoints Manas Mangaraj as Rajya Sabha leader after exit of Sasmit Patra

Bhubaneswar, April 13 -- Less than a week after senior MP Sasmit Patra resigned as chairman of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) parliamentary party in the Rajya Sabha, party president Naveen Patnaik on Monda... Read More