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By BANDANA SETHI, OP Bhubaneswar: Spread over nearly eight acres, the Bhoumanagar Haat, popularly known as Unit-4 Market, is one of the oldest and most prominent commercial centres in the state capital. The market was inaugurated October 2, 1974, by the then Chief Minister Nandini...

By KARTIK SAHU, OP Kataka: The Orissa High Court’s two-day conference of District Judges began at the Odisha Judicial Academy Saturday, with Chief Justice Harish Tandon inaugurating the event and launching an online summons management system for government employees. The newly introduced system is an...

Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown on the illegal hoarding and black marketing of domestic LPG cylinders, the Khordha district Supplies de partment seized 229 cylinders during a raid at Kalinga Nagar under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The raid was conducted at an abandoned asbestos...

By ABHIMANYU NAYAK. OP Balipatana: Biswanathpur Government Upper Primary School in Balipatana block of Khordha district, established in 1892, has entered its 134th year but continues to grapple with inadequate infrastructure, staff shortages and other basic facilities. The century-old institution, which offers classes from Sishu...

Jharbandh: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work was allegedly attacked by a youth at Badaanki village under Jharbandh block in Baragada district Sunday. Krupa Sindhu Bariha, a teacher at Badaanki School, was working as a BLO in the area....

Korukonda: A couple was hacked to death and their 12-year-old son sustained critical injuries after a man allegedly broke into their house and attacked the family with a sharp-edged weapon while they were asleep late Saturday night in Malkangiri district. The incident took place in...

Paralakhemundi: Six tribal families in Saura Sabara village under Sabara panchayat in Gosani block of Gajapati district were forced to spend five days and nights in dilapidated houses during Cyclone Arn ab, having been deprived of government housing benefits despite repeated appeals to the authorities....

Nayagada: The decomposed body of a man who had been missing for three days was recovered from a buried site near Dabakhola stream, close to Kutibari village under Tumandi panchayat in Nayagada district, Sunday. The deceased, identified as Biranchi Naik, belonged to Asanibere na village...

Kendrapada: The state government Sunday enforced a seven-month ban on fishing in the sea within 20 km of the coast around the mouths of Dhamara, Devi and Rushikulya rivers to protect Olive Ridley turtles during their annual breeding and nesting season, officials said. The prohibition...

Digapahandi: The death of yet another migrant worker from Digapahandi block in Ganjam district has brought renewed attention to the plight of migrant labourers from Odisha. Prashant Kumar Panda, alias Mitu, 38, of Premnagar Sahi in Bhismagiri village, died in Mumbai Saturday evening. Prashant had...