Bear mauls man

Boinda: A person was seriously injured after being attacked by a bear in a forested area of Anugola district Sunday. The victim was identified as Dushmanta Behera, a resident of Padmapur village under the Bamur forest range in Kishorenagar block....

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Indian Idol 16 winner Jyotirmayee Nayak brings glory to Odisha

Jyotirmayee Nayak

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Jyotirmayee Nayak has emerged as the winner of the 16th season of the popular television singing reality show Indian Idol, bringing laurels to the state after a remarkable 10-month journey in the competition. The 24-year-old singer was declared the champion in the grand finale, while Tanishk Shukla of Jabalpur finished as the first runner-up. The latest season of Indian Idol was judged by Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani and Badshah....

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PM Modi names Nandan Nilekani to head panel on exam paper leak reforms

Nandan Nilekani

New Delhi: In yet another step to address students' concerns over paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced the constitution of a high-powered task force headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to recommend reforms to make the exam system leakproof. The government will implement the suggestions of the task force which will ensure the examination system is trustworthy and will bring transparency through maximum use of technology, he said in...

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Sonam Wangchuk to pay tribute at Rajghat Monday after hospital discharge

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk will be discharged from Medanta Hospital Monday and will visit Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi before leaving for Ladakh, his team said. Wangchuk, who is recovering in the hospital in Gurugram after he broke his 26-day fast late Friday night, is expected to be discharged at around 11.30 am Monday. After his discharge, he would visit Rajghat before departing. He earlier paid homage to...

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FIR withdrawal against NEET protesters awaits official directive: Delhi Police

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New Delhi: Following the Centre's assurance that cases against the NEET paper leak protesters would be withdrawn, Delhi Police sources Sunday said it would take further action only after receiving official communication and guidelines from the competent authority. The source said 15 FIRs have been registered so far at different police stations in the New Delhi district in connection with the July 20 violence and other incidents linked to the ongoing...

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Five new specialty depts approved for PRMMCH

Baripada: The state government has approved the establishment of five new speciality departments at Pandit Raghunath Murmu (PRM) Medical College and Hospital in Baripada, along with the creation of 20 faculty and senior resident posts to strengthen specialised healthcare services in northern Odisha. The approval is part of a broader initiative by the state Health and Family...

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Bear mauls man

Boinda: A person was seriously injured after being attacked by a bear in a forested area of Anugola district Sunday. The victim was identified as Dushmanta Behera, a resident of Padmapur village under the Bamur forest range in Kishorenagar block. According to local sources, Behera had gone to a nearby forest early in the morning to collect...

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PM lauds Bhubaneswar’s water conservation efforts

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday praised Bhubaneswar’s efforts in water conservation during the 136th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, highlighting the Odisha capital as one of the cities delivering encouraging results under the nationwide ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign. Reiterating the importance of water conservation, PM said the campaign carries a simple yet...

Shivaji Sarkar

Sixth largest, still lower middle income

The World Bank classifies India as a lower-middle-income (LMI) economy rather than a ‘weak country,’ a status it has maintained since 2009. In other words, the WB has not revised India’s actual socio-economic status for the last 17 years. This has caused a dichotomy. In the perception of the WB, the LMI classification is based on India's...

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Tribals revive degraded forests; restore water, livelihoods

Rayagada: A small tribal village in Rayagada district has transformed its degraded forests into a thriving ecosystem, restoring water sources, improving livelihoods and strengthening community resilience through sustainable forest management. Laktiguda village, home to 38 Scheduled Tribe families, is surrounded by 567 acres of Community Forest Resource (CFR) land. For generations, the forest has served as the...

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Missing files case: Ex-IAS Upendra Nath Behera skips summons

Bhubaneswar: Former IAS officer Upendra Nath Behera failed to appear before Capital Police Sunday for questioning in connection with the alleged disappearance of key files from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), police officials said. Behera is the third former senior bureaucrat to skip a police summons in the case. Former Chief Secretary Rajesh Verma did not appear...

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Hit-&-run claims life in City, another critical

Bhubaneswar: A vehicle hit a fish trader, knocking him unconscious, before a four-wheeler dragged him for three kilometres on NH 16, killing him on the spot Sunday, police said. Another fish trader was also injured after being hit by the first vehicle, a senior officer said. “A vehicle struck the two fish traders on the National Highway...

THE DEATH OF THE DEGREE

THE DEATH OF THE DEGREE

Just as French aristocrats under the ancienrégime could hardly imagine the abolition of their noble titles, most of today's university leaders cannot conceive of a world in which the degrees they confer become worthless pieces of paper. The former were in for a rude awakening in 1790; the latter are barreling toward a similar shock. No longer...

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Bibhuti Bhusan appointed NSUI Odisha president

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed Bibhuti Bhusan Mahapatra as the new state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress in Odisha. Mahapatra, who began his student political journey at the Bhubanananda Odisha School of Engineering (BOSE), Cuttack, has been actively involved in raising issues related to...

 

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