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BJD accused of hiding Swami Lakhmanananda murder and SUM Hospital fire files

Bhubaneswar, June 11 -- BJP on Thursday accused the previous BJD government of deliberately concealing two sensitive inquiry files, one related to the killing of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and ano... Read More


Balianta Soumya murder case: Post-mortem report reveals severe brain injury as cause of death

Bhubaneswar, June 11 -- In a significant development in the much-discussed GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain murder case at Balianta on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, it has been revealed in the post-m... Read More


Gold prices fall for second consecutive day in Odisha; down nearly Rs 6,000 in two days

Bhubaneswar, June 11 -- Gold prices continued their downward trend for the second consecutive day, bringing relief to buyers as rates dropped sharply in the domestic market. On Thursday, the price of... Read More


Youth killed in tusker attack, villagers stage protest with body on road in Deogarh

Bhubaneswar, June 11 -- A tense situation prevailed in Deogarh district's Sangapasi village on Thursday as villagers refused to allow the removal of the body of a youth who was killed in an elephant a... Read More


Kendrapara third-degree row: Odisha Excise Commissioner suspends SI, ASI

Bhubaneswar, June 11 -- The Excise Commissioner has suspended an Excise Sub-Inspector (SI) and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) on Thursday in connection with an alleged third-degree torture case repo... Read More


From an IAS bribery case to a Dalit's suicide in Collector office: The accountability crisis in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, June 10 -- By Pramode Mishra Two incidents recently have unsettled the citizens of Odisha and raise very disturbing questions about administrative accountability. The first relates to Dh... Read More


Bhubaneswar to Delhi in 6 hours, Surat in 5.5, Bengaluru in 4.5: High-Speed Rail vision sparks new hope for Odisha

Bhubaneswar, June 10 -- India is all set to develop seven new high-speed rail corridors connecting major cities like Mumbai and Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, and Chennai and Bengaluru among others. T... Read More


Digha temple row ends as West Bengal removes 'Dham' tag, Odisha welcomes decision

Bhubaneswar, June 10 -- A day after the West Bengal government announced that the word "Dham" would be removed from the Jagannath temple project in Digha, the decision was widely welcomed across Odish... Read More


Odisha gets 160 km coastal highway as Centre approves mega road project connecting Rameswar and Paradip

Bhubaneswar, June 10 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the construction of a new coastal highway connecting Rameswar and Paradip in... Read More


ASHA worker alleges daughter died after consuming expired medicine in Keonjhar

Bhubaneswar, June 10 -- The death of an 11-year-old girl during treatment at the Odisha's Keonjhar district headquarters hospital on Monday triggered allegations that she consumed expired medicine sup... Read More