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Bhadrak: Police on Wednesday arrested two youths near Ranital square here on NH-16 and seized brown sugar worth over Rs 30 lakh. However, another accused managed to evade arrest. The arrested persons are identified as Srikant Das and…

Bhubaneswar: The court has allowed the Commissionerate Police to take the two accused involved in the barbaric murder of Puspalata Roul on a three-day remand. The Commissionerate Police had sought a five-day remand but the court allowed…

Khurda: A man fired two rounds of bullets in front of his in-law's house at Gurujanga Dewansahi under Town police limits and fled the spot. Fortunately, no casualty has been reported in the firing incident. However, the police have begun…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday unveiled the LED streetlight system at Sai Mandir square on Cuttack-Puri bypass road. This LED streetlight system is implemented on the 12-km stretch from Palasuni to Lingipur.…

Bhubaneswar: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set June 2021 as the deadline to complete the flyover project at Khandagiri Square. By February 2021, vehicles will start plying on one side of the flyover, NHAI Chief…

Puri: The historic Atharnala Bridge located at the entrance of the pilgrim town has been closed by the district administration with effect from today. As per reports, two-wheelers will not be allowed to ply on the bridge for its…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 caseload on Wednesday surged to 3,27,279 after 364 more people tested positive for the infection, said the State I&PR department. The new cases were detected in 26 of the 30 districts of Odisha, with…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has embarked on a preparedness drive for COVID-19 vaccination. Nearly 8267 vaccinators & 29,276 session sites were identified to carry out vaccination.  According to the state Health and Family…

Bhubaneswar: After a direction from the central government asking states to chalk out a Covid-19 vaccine distribution plan, the state government on Thursday decided that elderly persons and Corona Warriors including doctors & other…

Rairangpur: Two persons were killed while one sustained critical injuries after the motorcycle they were riding on hit by an unidentified vehicle in Mayurbhanj district. The identities of the deceased persons were not known immediately.…