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Bhubaneswar: The Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) on Wednesday strongly criticised Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi for releasing a video of his conversation with an Odia medical student who was gangraped in Durgapur, West Bengal. The women’s…

Nuapada: Senior tribal leader Ghasiram Majhi on Wednesday filed his nomination as the Congress candidate for the upcoming by-election to the Nuapada Assembly constituency in Odisha. Majhi submitted his papers before the returning officer…

Nuapada: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhakta Charan Das has accused the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of surrendering before the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Nuapada bypoll. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Das…

Mumbai: Veteran actor Pankaj Dheer, best known for playing the role of Karna in B.R. Chopra’s iconic television series Mahabharat, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 68 and had been undergoing treatment for cancer,…

Nuapada: Putting an end to weeks of speculation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has officially announced Jay Dholakia as its candidate for the upcoming Nuapada bypoll. Dholakia will file his nomination papers on Thursday, marking the…

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri visits South Korea for inaugural India–Republic of Korea Navy Bilateral Exercise.

By JB Dash, Similipal: The population of porcupines in northern Odisha’s Similipal–Kuldiha forest region is dwindling alarmingly and may vanish within a few years if urgent conservation measures are not initiated. Once commonly sighted, the…

Bhubaneshwar: Odisha will soon have its second Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC) at Sanaghagara in Keonjhar district by 2027, following the state’s first centre in Bhubaneswar. The decision was announced during a high-level meeting…