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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission has asked all candidates of the Combined Police Service Examination-2024 at the sub-inspector level to update and validate their credentials and application data online between October 15 and October 29. Online updation and validation will be allowed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will draft a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for lightning safety and a comprehensive action plan for 2027 at a two-day national workshop beginning Thursday, aimed at reducing lightning-related deaths and strengthening community preparedness. The workshop will propose a “Lightning-Safe Odisha: 2027 Action Plan...

Hyderabad: Shai Hope produced a stunning unbeaten century, completing the landmark with a six off the final ball, as West Indies piled up 247 for three against India in the fourth T20 International Wednesday, exposing the hosts' bowling frailties. Hope smashed 102 off just 50...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday likened critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "cockroaches", accusing them of attempting to create anarchy and disrupt the country's development. Addressing a gathering at Kalinanagar in Jajpur district, Majhi said while India was progressing under Modi's...

Rourkela/Bhubaneswar: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, have developed a material from discarded jackfruit peels that can remove more than 90 per cent of fluoride from contaminated water in about 10 minutes under laboratory conditions, officials said Wednesday. The research was conducted...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday accused the BJP government in Odisha of "incompetence", alleging that people across sections were suffering and the future of Gen Z was bleak. Addressing a gathering during the BJD's Jan Sampark Padayatra here, the Leader of Opposition in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Wednesday expressed dismay over newly appointed Governor Braj Mohan Ram's reported remarks that he would "work to strengthen the BJP" after assuming charge. The BJD also released a PTI video in which Ram was heard speaking about his future course of...

Bhubaneswar: Tension continues to grip the Utkal University’s Vani Vihar campus over the entry of non-students, preventing the scheduled ‘Why I Stand For’ event from beginning. The situation escalated after chairs were thrown inside the campus auditorium, triggering heated exchanges and slogan-shouting by various student...

Bhubaneswar: A clash broke out between members of BCJD and ABVP on the Utkal University campus at Bhubaneswar’s Vani Vihar Wednesday, ahead of the students’ union elections. The incident took place at the university’s convocation hall during the “Why I Stand For” meeting. Police said...

By Rajendra Narayan Singh, OP Raghunathpur: Despite various government initiatives to improve education, Government High School, Ganailo in Raghunathpur block of Jagatsinghpur district continues to grapple with crumbling infrastructure, leaking classroom roofs, a shortage of classrooms and basic amenities, putting students and teachers at risk...