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Sambalpur: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, in collaboration with Utkal University (UU), will organise Amrit-Peedhi: Students Global Summit 2025 from December 18 to 20, focused on ‘Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its Ethics.’ The three-day global academic and youth leadership summit,...

Bhubaneswar: The third meeting of the State-Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) for the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0’ plantation campaign was held here Wednesday, during which the status of monitoring, portal data uploads and plantation survival, in line with the detailed programme guidelines, was reviewed....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the Chief Secretary to submit a report on issues related to outsourced employees engaged across various state government departments and agencies. The directive was issued while hearing a petition filed by noted human rights activist Biswapriya...

Kotpad: A student was killed, and two more were critically injured after an old concrete plaque collapsed on them at a residential school campus about 5 km from here in the Koraput district Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Premanand Bhatra, a Class III student....

Baripada: A five-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by one of her distant relatives in Mayurbhanj district, police said Wednesday. The accused, who resides in the neighbourhood of the minor’s family, was arrested, a senior officer said. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with Baripada...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday announced that the state government will set up a centre of excellence at IIIT Bhubaneswar for the development of the semiconductor sector with an investment of Rs 400 crore. Speaking at the valedictory session of Indocrypt 2025,...

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said the road connecting Berhampur and Jeypore will be upgraded to a six-lane highway at a cost of Rs 6,000 crore. Addressing the annual function of Saraswati Shishu Vidyamandira at Nilakantha Nagar here, Majhi said the proposed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD and the ruling BJP Wednesday traded charges over the allotment of a bungalow to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the national capital, with the regional party alleging political control from Delhi and the BJP dismissing the charge as "electoral frustration"....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is going to host a two-day AI Summit here from December 19, state IT Minister Mukesh Mahaling said Wednesday. Organised by the Electronics & IT Department, the conference will serve as an official precursor to the India AI Impact Summit 2026, scheduled...

Puri: Odisha Police Wednesday registered a case after a photograph of the ‘Ratna Singhasan' (bejewelled throne) inside the sanctum sanctorum of Shree Jagannath Temple went viral on social media, raising questions over the security arrangements at the 12th-century shrine. Puri SP Prateek Singh said, "We...