Baripada: The state government has approved the establishment of five new speciality departments at Pandit Raghunath Murmu (PRM) Medical College and Hospital in Baripada, along with the creation of 20 faculty and senior resident posts to strengthen specialised healthcare services in northern Odisha. The approval...
Boinda: A person was seriously injured after being attacked by a bear in a forested area of Anugola district Sunday. The victim was identified as Dushmanta Behera, a resident of Padmapur village under the Bamur forest range in Kishorenagar block. According to local sources, Behera...
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday praised Bhubaneswar’s efforts in water conservation during the 136th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, highlighting the Odisha capital as one of the cities delivering encouraging results under the nationwide ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign. Reiterating the...
Rayagada: A small tribal village in Rayagada district has transformed its degraded forests into a thriving ecosystem, restoring water sources, improving livelihoods and strengthening community resilience through sustainable forest management. Laktiguda village, home to 38 Scheduled Tribe families, is surrounded by 567 acres of Community...
Bhubaneswar/Anandapur: In a bid to restore the natural habitat of elephants and other wild animals, a large-scale bamboo seed ball plantation drive was carried out in the Atei Reserve Forest near Arjunbania village under Kolimati Gram Panchayat in Anandapur Sunday. Led by environmentalist Trilochan Sahoo,...
Bhubaneswar: Former IAS officer Upendra Nath Behera failed to appear before Capital Police Sunday for questioning in connection with the alleged disappearance of key files from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), police officials said. Behera is the third former senior bureaucrat to skip a police...
Bhubaneswar: A vehicle hit a fish trader, knocking him unconscious, before a four-wheeler dragged him for three kilometres on NH 16, killing him on the spot Sunday, police said. Another fish trader was also injured after being hit by the first vehicle, a senior officer...
Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed Bibhuti Bhusan Mahapatra as the new state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress in Odisha. Mahapatra, who began his student political journey at the Bhubanananda Odisha School of...
Sambalpur: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla has relaxed its controversial dress code following student protests over the mandatory uniform policy. According to a decision taken by the varsity’s Academic Council, wearing the prescribed uniform will no longer be compulsory. Students will...
Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Odisha Sunday joined the nation in recalling the valour of the armed forces in the Kargil war, with Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and others paying tribute to the martyrs. India observed the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas during the day...
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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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