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...
Bhubaneswar: The NIA filed a chargesheet Thursday against two persons in a special court here in connection with a bomb blast in Bhubaneswar in January that left two people dead and damaged a building, an official statement said. The accused have been identified as Sanu...
Cape Town: Archrivals India and Pakistan have been drawn together in Group A alongside reigning champions Australia for next year's ICC Men's ODI World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on its social media accounts Thursday. The group distribution for the 14-team marquee tournament...
Chandbali: The state government has suspended Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer Sanjib Kumar Mohapatra, the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Chandbali in Bhadrak district. The Revenue and Disaster Management Department issued an order Wednesday stating that departmental disciplinary proceedings are under way against Mohapatra. As...
Papadahandi: Bodies of a 20-year-old married man and a minor girl were found hanging from a tree in a cashew orchard under Mokia panchayat of this block in Nabarangpur district Thursday. The bodies were found hanging from the same branch of the tree, hugging each...
Brazil, the largest South American country with a Leftist government, is poised to come within the orbit of the influence...
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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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