New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed Odisha government's plea seeking modification of its earlier order permitting the release of animated film Mahaprabhu Jagannath, saying creativity, art and culture could not be curtailed merely because a few people were sensitive about the depiction of deities. A...
Puri: The Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri will remain closed to devotees for five hours Wednesday evening for 'Banakalagi Niti', a secret ritual in which the faces of the sibling deities are repainted with natural colours. The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) said in a...
Glasgow: Weightlifter Harjinder Kaur and long-distance star Gulveer Singh emerged as India's standout performers, pushing themselves to the limit to clinch hard-fought silver medals, while three Indian boxers punched their way into the semifinals to guarantee the country more podium finishes at the Commonwealth Games...
By Arindam Ganguly, OP Baripada: On International Tiger Day, Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) stands as one of India’s most remarkable wildlife conservation success stories. Once facing a critically low tiger population, the reserve has now emerged as the state’s strongest tiger landscape, demonstrating that protecting...
Baripada: Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district is set to restore 500 hectares of degraded grassland as part of a major habitat improvement initiative aimed at increasing the population of herbivores and, in turn, supporting the growth of its tiger population. Forest officials said the...
Pottangi: Deputy Secretary Jitendra Kumar Patra, who was deputed from the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha, reviewed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 exercise in Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block of Koraput district Monday. Patra visited the border panchayat as part of his...
Kendrapada: In an effort to strengthen access to justice at the grassroots level, Dinabandhu Sahu Law College in Kendrapada district has launched a free primary legal aid and counselling centre at Guhalisingh Gram Panchayat in Derabish block, which has been adopted by the institution. Vice-Chancellor...
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to undertake a three-day visit to Odisha from August 3 and attend several programmes, besides a train journey from Bhubaneswar to Brahmapur, officials said. The President's programme was discussed at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Anu Garg...
Riamal: A three-year-old boy was killed after the wall of his house collapsed amid incessant rain in Debagada district Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred at Belmunda village under Dudhianali gram panchayat in the Kansar outpost area of Riamal police station. The deceased was identified...
Udala/Kuchinda: Three persons died in separate suspected murder cases in Odisha Tuesday, with a woman and her disabled minor daughter found dead under suspicious circumstances in Mayurbhanj district and a man arrested for allegedly killing his father in Sambalpur district. In Mayurbhanj, the bodies of...
A debate is spreading across India. The Cockroach students movement recently succeeded within a few days at forcing change that...
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Better late than never. Two days after the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Supreme Court has stated...
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A quote from Milan Kundera goes thus: The final stage of a cultural movement is satire. When the people laugh...
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By Aakar Patel Many are puzzled by the size of the current protests and the speed with which they sprang...
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