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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday signed an agreement to set up a seawater desalination plant at Gopalpur in Ganjam district, the state's first project of its kind under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, with an estimated cost of around Rs 1,000 crore, an official said. The agreement was signed by the state-owned Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will showcase its rich cultural heritage, tourism potential, handicrafts, handlooms and cuisine at Odisha Parab to be held in Indonesia's Bali November 23 to 24, officials said Thursday. The cultural event will provide an international platform to showcase Odisha's art, culture, handicrafts, cuisine and diverse tourism offerings, while enhancing the state's global tourism profile, they...

By TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: As many as 819 CCTV cameras installed in police stations and outposts across Odisha are non-functional, raising serious concerns over police accountability, custodial safe ty and transparency. While 17 police stations are operating in offline mode, 181 remain disconnected from the Central Monitoring System (CMS), revealed a letter issued by the Police...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Anu Garg Thursday directed departments to expedite budgetary expenditure and ensure timely execution of development projects while reviewing the state’s fiscal performance and key administrative initiatives at a high-level meeting at Kharavela Bhawan. The meeting, attended by Development Commission er-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh and senior departmental secretaries, reviewed expenditure under the 2026-27...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) has intensified efforts to strengthen the implementation of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) 2.0, focusing on industry-oriented skill development and improved employment opportunities for rural youth across the state. A two-day State-Level Capacity Building Programme on DDU-GKY 2.0 was inaugurated Wednesday by Rural Development, Panchayati Raj...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the three-day state-level children’s festival ‘Surabhi-2026’ at the Capital High School Ground in Unit-III here Thursday and launched modern robotics labs in 807 government schools across the state. Organised by School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department, the annual festival is being held under the theme ‘Prosperous Language, Prosperous Odisha’, bringing...

Bhubaneswar: The student wings of the Opposition BJD and the Congress Thursday accused Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi of breaching his oath of office by "favouring" the RSS-affiliated ABVP in the campus elections. Addressing separate press conferences here, BJD student wing president Ipsita Sahu and NSUI state president Bibhuti Mohapatra alleged that Majhi misused government machinery...

Muscat: India’s Ambassador to Oman, Prashant Pise, visited an Indian seafarer injured in the recent attack on Indian vessel MSV Quba at a hospital in Oman’s Sohar, the Embassy of India in Muscat said on Thursday. “Ambassador Prashant Pise visited the injured Indian seafarer at Sohar hospital, who is a victim of the recent attack on Indian...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have arrested a man in Gujarat's Surat for allegedly murdering a 76-year-old woman at her residence in Bhubaneswar, an officer said Thursday. The accused, who was employed as a caretaker for the elderly woman living alone in the Laxmisagar area of the Odisha capital, was being brought to the state on transit remand, he...