BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Odisha government has been prioritising infrastructure development across sectors, at least six major externally-aided projects (EAPs) are running behind schedule.

Sources said only 15 per cent of the budget allocated for these projects has been spent in the first half of the fiscal. Against a budgetary provision of Rs 1,798 crore for 2025-26, a...

BHUBANESWAR: The Keonjhar forest division on Wednesday busted an inter-state ivory smuggling racket and arrested three persons including one from Jharkhand in this connection.

Two tusks, one measuring about 100 cm and weighing 7.5 kg and another of about 89 cm and 6.5 kg, along with two motorcycles and other incriminating materials were recovered from their possession....

BERHAMPUR: Wild boars are reportedly raiding paddy crop fields in Gosani block of Gajapati district, giving sleepless nights to farmers of many villages in the region.

The worst-hit by the wild boar menace are Jangalpadu, Bada Gosani, Gurandi and surrounding panchayats. With groups of boars causing extensive damage to ripened paddy crops, farmers are being forced to gua...

ANGUL: Two days after a 35-year-old woman was reportedly looted and murdered in the Nalco quarters here, police are yet to make any breakthrough in the case.

Police said postmortem report of the deceased, Madhusmita Pradhan, is being awaited to proceed with the investigation.

On Monday, Madhusmita’s husband Kartik Pradhan (40), an employee of Nalco, returned to h...

BHUBANESWAR: The Health and Family Welfare department has launched another special drive for tracing and recalling of deceptively labelled ORS packs from medicine stores.

As part of health safety measures, separate teams of officials of the Drugs Control Directorate have been conducting raids in all districts to trace and recall these deceptive packets of ORS from medi...