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Odisha draws up rRs.r1,170 crore scheme to fund travel to Jagannath temple for 950,000 pilgrims

India, May 27 -- Odisha's Mohan Charan Majhi government is drawing up a scheme to facilitate the travel of nearly 1 million Jagannath devotees to Puri over the next five years, people familiar with th... Read More


Jagannath shrine panel to patent words, logos linked to temple

Bhubaneswar, May 27 -- Amid the tussle between Odisha and West Bengal over naming of the Jagannath temple in Digha as Jagannath dham, the Jagannath temple management committee of Puri on Monday said i... Read More


Chhattisgarh: Maoist with rRs.r4 lakh bounty surrenders before Odisha Police

India, May 27 -- A Maoist commander from Chhattisgarh carrying a cash reward of Rs.4 lakh, surrendered before the Odisha Police on Tuesday, police said. Bijaya Punem alias Ajay, a prominent area comm... Read More


Will extend SEBC quota to medical, engineering courses too, says Odisha BJP

India, May 20 -- The Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Manmohan Samal on Tuesday said the government is taking steps to extend the 11.25% reservation for students from the Socially and Eco... Read More


Odisha man gets life sentence for raping daughter

Bhubaneswar, May 20 -- A Pocso court in Bargarh district of Odisha on Monday sentenced a 37-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old daughter in 2020, describing it as "barbaric" c... Read More


Odisha man gets life sentence for raping daughter

Bhubaneswar, May 20 -- A Pocso court in Bargarh district of Odisha on Monday sentenced a 37-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old daughter in 2020, describing it as "barbaric" c... Read More


Odisha Pocso court awards life imprisonment to man for raping 12-year-old daughter

India, May 19 -- A man in Odisha's Bargarh district was sentenced to life imprisonment by a POCSO court for raping his 12-year-old daughter. Additional district and sessions judge-cum-special POCSO j... Read More


Odisha YouTuber Priyanka Senapati under IB scanner in Jyoti Malhotra spy case

India, May 18 -- A day after Haryana-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, her YouTuber friend from Odisha, Priyanka Senapati has courted trouble for accompanyi... Read More


lightning strikes leave 16 dead in odisha

Bhubaneswar, May 18 -- At least 16 people were killed and a dozen others were injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes that wreaked havoc across Odisha on Friday, officials said on Saturday.... Read More


15 killed in lightning strikes across Odisha in a single day

India, May 17 -- In one of the deadliest lightning-related incidents in recent years, 15 people were killed across Odisha on Friday as Nor'wester storms swept through the state, triggering widespread ... Read More