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Orissa High Court

HC orders review in paddy token dispute

Bargarh: The Orissa High Court has issued a significant directive aimed at resolving long-standing grievances in the state’s paddy procurement system. In a ruling on writ petition No. 9562/2026, filed by 14 farmers from Bargarh district, the court ordered the district collector to examine pending...

Maoist

Maoist leader gunned down in encounter

Bonai: Security forces killed a wanted Maoist commander during an encounter in a forested area along the Odisha–Jharkhand border Wednesday, officials said. Weapons and Maoist materials were recovered from the site. The deceased has been identified as Israel Purti, also known as Amrit (32), a...

Jajpur Mangalpur police station

JE found dead in rented house

Gudvella: Police in Bolangir district Wednesday recovered the body of a 27-year-old junior engineer (JE) from his rented accommodation in Gudvella, officials said. The deceased, identified as Prabir Behera of Kanikapada in Jajpur’s Mangalapur police station area, was working as a junior engineer on a...

Data for Development”

MoSPI report shows gains in gender parity, child welfare

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) Wednesday launched the 27th edition of its flagship publication, Women and Men in India 2025: Selected Indicators and Data, during a National Dialogue on “Data for Development” held. The publication presents a comprehensive snapshot of the...

UNFPA

Odisha plans ORCAD for elderly, divyangjan

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has initiated efforts to build a robust institutional framework for inclusive governance through the proposed Odisha Resource Centre for Ageing & Divyangjan (ORCAD), a state-level centre of excellence aimed at promoting accessibility, inclusion and coordinated services for elderly persons and Divyangjan across the...

BMC’s beautification drive along NH-16

BMC’s beautification drive along NH-16

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das Wednesday launched a major beautification and green drive for key traffic junctions and median stretches along NH16 passing through the Capital city, with support from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. In the first phase, plantation work kicked...

Padhee visits kalinganagar

Padhee reviews Kalinganagar industrial corridor progress

Bhubaneswar: Additional Chief Secretary to the Housing and Urban Development department and Chairperson of IDCO Usha Padhee Wednesday reviewed the progress of the Kalinganagar National Industrial Corridor (KNIC) in Jajpur district, with emphasis on accelerating industrial expansion along with urban infrastructure development. During her visit,...

Minister Patra assures uninterrupted LPG, petrol, diesel supply

Minister Patra assures uninterrupted LPG, petrol, diesel supply

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra has assured that the supply of domestic LPG across the state remains completely normal, while petrol and diesel stocks are sufficiently available to meet consumer demand. Reviewing the overall fuel supply situation with representatives from...

Over 400 polytechnic students get job letters

Bhubaneswar: Employment is not the end of learning, but the beginning of a new chapter, Industries, Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Sampad Chandra Swain said while distributing appointment letters to more than 400 students during the ‘Campus to Career’ programme organised at Government Polytechnic,...

IPL 2026

SRH script epic chase

Mumbai: Travis Head (76) and Heinrich Klaasen (65 not out) outmuscled Ryan Rickelton's record 123 not out for Mumbai Indians as Sunrisers Hyderabad romped home to a six-wicket victory in their Indian Premier League contest, Wednesday. After Rickelton's highest individual score for MI and also...

 

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