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Chhatrapur: Rushikulya rookery witnessed a sharp decline in mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles as it registered 2.05 lakh turtles laying eggs in this season (2026), as against an all-time high of 9 lakh in 2025 season. Natural factors including the shrinkage of beach width,...

Bhubaneswar: The Office of the Principal Accountant General, in collaboration with the Home department, successfully organised a Pension Adalat at OSAP 7th Battalion, Chandrasekharpur  Wednesday. Also Read: Man dies in shop building collapse; close shave for three Orissa POST - Odisha’s No.1 English Daily

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to further strengthen the state’s revenue administration, the state government has approved direct recruitment of 1,363 Junior Revenue Assistants (JRAs) during a committee meeting chaired by the Finance department Principal Secretary. In this regard, Revenue and Disaster Management Department Additional Chief...

Kendrapara: The fragile ecosystem of Bhitarkanika Sanctuary is under serious threat due to rapid rise in illegal prawn dykes over the past year, in clear violation of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. According to the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) of Kanika Forest Range Manas Kumar...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a move to strengthen the City’s cleanliness drive under the Swachh Survekshan campaign, launched a new initiative  Wednesday to enhance door-to-door waste collection. Beginning with this effort, three-wheeled sanitation trolleys have been introduced to ensure garbage collection from narrow...

Bhubaneswar: Police have detained six Bangladeshi women in Bhubaneswar for allegedly staying in India without valid documents, following an input shared by Military Intelligence, official sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the women were detained during an operation conducted Tuesday in the city. Preliminary...

Bhala Chandra Mohanty is a prominent industrialist and the Managing Director of Oriclean Private Limited. Since founding the company in 1990, he has transformed a small-scale unit in Cuttack into a multi-crore manufacturing powerhouse. Under his leadership, Oriclean has become a critical strategic partner for...

New Delhi: Jos Buttler returned to his ballistic ways with a six-laden half-century before captain Shubman Gill changed gears for a well-made fifty, powering Gujarat Titans to 210 for four against hosts Delhi Capitals in the IPL Wednesday. Buttler (52 off 27), who had a...

Bhubaneswar:  A retired accounts officer killed his wife with a kitchen knife and surrendered before police Wednesday, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Priyambada Sarangi (54), and the accused is her 62-year-old husband, Debraj Sarangi. The incident took place in Swasti Nagar here...

Nayagarh: The death toll from a firecracker explosion in Odisha's Nayagarh district rose to four Wednesday, police said. A total of six people, including a minor boy, sustained serious burn injuries in the blast that occurred while preparing firecrackers at Korada village under Nuagaon police...