Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Friday launched a month-long Jana Samparka Padayatra in Bhubaneswar, launching a blistering attack on the BJP government and accusing it of failing on virtually every front and neglecting the interests of Odisha. Patnaik...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati led the state in paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi saying the government was working to ensure welfare scheme benefits reach the last...
Nishio: India ace Lovlina Borgohain added an illustrious feather to her growing boxing medal cabinet as she celebrated her 29th birthday Friday with a historic gold medal in the women's 75kg at the Asian Games 2026. The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist defeated China's Bao Ziyi...
By BIRENDRA KUMAR JHANKAR, OP Balangir: Bidya Bhushan Sanskrit Prathama-Madhyama School in Balangir town has classes from VI to X. The school once had more than 100 students, but the number gradually declined to 12 four years ago. However, not a single student has enrolled...
Kendrapada: A four-year-old girl suffered severe burn injuries after accidentally falling into a utensil containing boiling water at Jagannath Upper Primary School in Charigaon village under Nikirai police limits in Kendrapada district, police said Thursday. The victim, Debanshi Das of Kadaligorada Sahi, sustained serious burns...
By ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Satyapira Padhan, a physiotherapist and martial artist from Deypur village in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, has earned a Guinness World Records title by performing 183 full-extension, one-hand punch strikes while holding a 1-kg weight in one minute. Padhan’s record attempt was...
Bhubaneswar: The Student Academic Management System (SAMS) Portal of the Higher Education (HE) Department has received the prestigious SKOCH Platinum Award 2026 for its contribution to technology-enabled delivery of higher education services in the state. SAMS is a unified digital platform that facilitates admission and...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is pursuing an ambitious tourism strategy focused on generating direct economic benefits for local communities and strengthening the state’s presence on the global tourism map, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said Thursday. Addressing a pre-event press conference on the seventh edition of Odisha...
Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report from the Odisha Government over the alleged prolonged non-functioning of Rs 20-crore Advanced Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) at Capital Hospital, where costly rehabilitation equipment is reportedly lying idle. Acting on a complaint filed...
Kataka: The Orissa High Court Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Vedanta Ltd seeking restoration of the earlier pricing mechanism for bauxite supplied by state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) to its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Harish...
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The Supreme Court stating on 5 October that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by...
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India’s air-power shortcomings are becoming harder to ignore. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, very publicly, flagging Pakistan’s collaboration with China...
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By Aakar Patel While Gandhi Jayanti is still fresh on our minds and the right to peaceful assembly is in...
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