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KARTIK SAHU, OP Kataka: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed educational institutions across the state to comply with Supreme Court guidelines on preventing student suicides and ensure adequate mental health and safety measures. The direction came while hearing a petition filed by Brundaban...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has intensified night patrolling and field-level vigilance at strategic locations across the state amid heavy rains triggered by a deep depression, official sources said Thursday. Engineering officials and field staff of the Water Resources department are maintaining round-the-clock surveillance of critical...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Schools from Odisha, including SAI International School, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), have secured prominent positions in the EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR) 2026-27, with institutions from Bhubaneswar, Kataka, Baripada and other parts of the state...

PRABHAT PANIGRAHI, OP Khordha: Unauthorised parking of heavy vehicles at more than 50 locations along the Brahmapur-Khordha stretch of NH-16 is narrowing the highway and posing a serious road safety threat, according to local residents. The approximately 150-160 km stretch has witnessed frequent roadside parking...

RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: Illegal construction and commercial use of residential buildings in the City here have come under the scanner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), which has issued notices in 7,756 cases and initiated action to seal or demolish 877 buildings. This was revealed...

By UTKALBANDHU PANDA, OP Khaira: The Fakir Charan Upper Primary School in Achyutpur panchayat of Khaira Block in Baleshwar district, established in 1984, is struggling with inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of teachers, adversely affecting its academic environment. The school has 63 students in Classes...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Manas Mohanty has been reappointed as the party’s general secretary (organisation) for Odisha, as the saffron party’s national president Nitin Nabin Thursday appointed organisational general secretaries of the party’s state units. He also made party national joint general secretaries (organisation)...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP  Bhubaneswar: As many as 8,205 people in six districts of Odisha have been affected by rain triggered by a deep depression system that crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Thursday. “The weather system has af...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has released the second instalment of Rs 14.34 crore to eligible higher education institutions, accounting for 15 per cent of the approved assistance under a state government scheme for the academic session 2026-27, officials said Thursday. The Higher Education Department released...

Sambalpur: Cyber crime police here busted a major racket allegedly involved in illegally issuing duplicate SIM cards by misusing customers’ identity documents and KYC details without their knowledge. Three people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the racket, police said Thursday. The...