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Bhubaneswar: Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday denounced slogans against Prime Minister and the Home Minister on the JNU campus and called those students "misled". He said the slogan-shouting students should understand that the prime minister has been elected and should be respected. "Hatred...

Jajpur: A college lecturer was placed under suspension Wednesday after he was arrested and sent to jail on charge of misappropriating Rs 32.07 lakh meant for a self-defence programme for girls, officials said. The suspension order was issued by Jajpur sub-collector and president of the...

Bhubaneswar: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Odisha's Khurda district has been closed for a week for students following an outbreak of jaundice on the campus, officials said Wednesday. Principal Kabita Kar asked parents to take their children home as a precautionary measure. "I would like...

Berhampur: At least two persons were killed and another seriously injured when the motorcycle on which they were travelling hit a roadside tree in Odisha's Ganjam district Wednesday, police said. The accident took place near Mandarada under Jarada police station limits. According to the police,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday launched the Godabarisha Mishra Model Primary School scheme and laid the foundation stone for 118 such schools across the state. Majhi launched the scheme at Banpur in Khurda district, the birthplace of Pandit Godabarisha Mishra, a noted...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra Wednesday claimed that the paddy procurement has resumed in 19 districts. The All Odisha Rice Millers' Association has launched the strike since Monday, leading to disruption in the paddy procurement process, an official said....

Kendrapara: Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district would remain closed for three days from Thursday to facilitate the annual census of estuarine crocodiles, officials said. Twenty-two teams have been constituted to count the reptiles in the creeks, nullahs, rivers, wetland sites and mangrove forests...

Bhubaneswar: Over 6,000 government doctors under the banner of Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) Wednesday boycotted OPD service for two hours to demand fulfilment of their charter of demands, including filling up of vacant posts. The state government Tuesday had announced the doctors' agitation as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has taken several key decisions to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in the state, according to an official statement issued Wednesday. These decisions were taken by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a high-level review meeting of various programmes being implemented by the...

Bhubaneswar: Census in Odisha will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will begin in April with the house-listing exercise, followed by door-to-door population enumeration across Odisha in February 2027, officials said Wednesday. Officials said that the first phase of the Census will involve...