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Accused Balaram Mukhi works as a sweeper and seems to be a habitual drinker, said SSP Sahoo. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Baby sold for Rs 25000; father buys mobile phone, jewellery, clothes

While Mukhi has been arrested, the police are also questioning his wife, Sukuti.

13 Sep 2017 3:26 PM

Rescue workers at site where the flyover collapsed in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Odisha flyover collapse rocks Assembly

Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati stood on a chair and tried to snatch Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat’s microphone.

12 Sep 2017 3:23 AM

Under-construction flyover collapses in Odisha; 1 dead, several feared trapped

The death toll was likely to increase as some of the workers rescued from the debris were critically injured.

10 Sep 2017 3:19 PM

BJP chief Amit Shah meets party workers during the party workers’ conference in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI)

Funds given to Odisha govt siphoned off, says Amit Shah

Reacting to Shah’s remarks, Patnaik said the BJP president’s observations will have no impacts on people of Odisha.

09 Sep 2017 12:36 AM

BJP chief Amit Shah waves to supporters during a visit to Lord Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI)

Rapid growth under Modi’s govt, says Amit Shah

The BJP chief said the NDA government was quite decisive and focused on its foreign policy and stand against terrorists.

08 Sep 2017 1:25 AM

BJP chief Amit Shah is welcomed by supporters on his arrival to attend working executive body meeting in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI)

Congress, BJD have no internal democracy, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah on Wednesday evening said the voices of dissent were never tolerated in the Congress and BJD.

07 Sep 2017 2:55 AM

On Sunday, four more people tested positive to the deadly virus out of 17 swab samples tested at the Regional Medical and Research Centre, Bhubaneshwar. (Representational image)

Two more die of swine flu in Odisha; toll rises to 35

Earlier, the state government had issued guidelines to both government and private hospitals for treatment of swine flu patients.

04 Sep 2017 1:45 AM

Kartik Singh, who travelled to court seeking justice carrying his parents, said his parents were left alone for 18 days when Moroda Police had lodged a fake FIR against him and locked him up in jail in 2009. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Odisha: Man carries aged parents to court on shoulders to prove self 'not guilty'

The man travelled a distance of 40 kilometre barefoot to claim innocence in the eyes of his parents before they pass away.

02 Sep 2017 3:35 PM

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (Photo: AFP/File)

Dera encroached 3-acre land in Puri

The measurement exercise was undertaken after locals complained about the encroachment of government land by the ashram.

31 Aug 2017 3:25 AM

Dera Sacha Sauda founder and rape convict Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim. (Photo: File/PTI)

Dera Sacha Sauda found to have encroached land in Puri

A five-member team of revenue department officials headed by local tehsildar measured ashram land.

30 Aug 2017 4:06 PM

According to reports, the dog obstructed the cobra’s way while it was entering the house of Koustuv Samantrai around 9 pm. (Photo: Pixabay)

Dog dies saving his master’s family from cobra in Odisha

The dog died after killing the snake and saved its master’s family.

27 Aug 2017 4:34 AM

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (Photo: PTI)

Naveen Patnaik ‘buying’ followers on Twitter, claims BJP

State BJP general secretary Bhrugu Baxipatra said most of the followers in Naveen’s Twitter handle (@Naveen_Odisha) were fake and dubious.

27 Aug 2017 2:35 AM

Odisha government is targeting to produce 10 megawatt electricity in the solar project.

Odisha govt to run all buildings on solar power by Nov-Dec

Sources said that all the government buildings identified in twin cities will be operated by solar power in next three-four months.

20 Aug 2017 6:30 AM

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (Photo: PTI)

Sitaram Yechury slams Centre on Kashmir

The Centre has not fulfilled a single promise made before Parliamentary Party delegation that visited Kashmir some time ago.

20 Aug 2017 3:44 AM

He bagged gold, silver, bronze for the state in national competitions till 1995.

Odisha boxer languishes in poverty

Born on January 7, 1975, in Rourkela, the Jharkhand-origin Ramuri entered the boxing ring at the age of 10.

18 Aug 2017 1:13 AM

According to reports, when family members of the deceased requested the villagers to help them carry the dead body for conduct of rituals, none of them lent a hand. (Representational image)

Odisha: Villagers refuse to carry body of leprosy patient

The villagers refused to touch him in abhorrence and did not come to help in the funeral, says Sanjib Kumar Sahoo, son of the deceased.

17 Aug 2017 6:02 AM

Odisha woos tourists by hardselling 3,000-year-old temple architecture

Trained guides narrate the style of architecture, history and stories associated with each and every temple to the tourists.

14 Aug 2017 1:54 AM

At an appropriate time, she wanted to spend it for her by buying a new vehicle with complete cash payment.

Girl buys vehicle with 14-year saving of Rs 5 notes

On a suggestion by her father, the Plus Three student has been saving money since her little age of 4.

13 Aug 2017 2:29 AM

The 2011 census data shows 65 million people live in slums across the country. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

In historic move, Odisha to give property rights to slum dwellers

The state cabinet has approved two ordinances to assign land and property rights to about two lakh slum dwelling households.

09 Aug 2017 8:03 AM

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik plays masterstroke

Ahead of Shah visit, promises land rights, houses to slum dwellers.

09 Aug 2017 2:14 AM

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