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Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set to welcome the Odia New Year—Maha Bishuba Sankranti, popularly known as Pana Sankranti—on April 14, with vibrant cultural fervour, marking the grand finale of the fortnight-long ‘Odia Pakhya’ celebrations dedicated to language, heritage and identity. The concluding ceremony will be...

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: Four Left parties—CPI(ML) Red Star Odisha, CPI(ML), CPI(ML) New Democratic and Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI)—have called for observing April 17 as ‘Protest Day’ across the state, strongly condemning alleged police excesses, repression and violations of constitutional and legal rights in Sijimali. In...

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA) Monday organised a meeting at Buddha Mandir in Bhubaneswar to deliberate on the long-pending Mahanadi water dispute. Attended by intellectuals, experts, social activists and senior journalists, the meeting expressed serious concern over the delay in resolving the issue and...

Somdutt Behura, co-founder of KT Global School, is a visionary educationist, philanthropist, and data management strategist with over 30 years of experience in the educational landscape. Under his stewardship, the institution has grown into a premier residential-cum-day boarding school in Bhubaneswar. Behura has been instrumental...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Monday said there would be no disconnection of power supply for domestic consumers during the summer season in case of unpaid electricity bills. Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo, who is also in charge of the energy department, announced during the...

Rayagada: With the onset of summer, the first suspected heatstroke-related death has been reported. Kulaka Ramulu (around 60–65) died near Tamiliguda under Jagannathpur panchayat in the Gunupur police limits of Rayagada district. He was a resident of Soura Sahi in Jagannathpur village. According to reports,...

Puri: The first day's inventory work of Lord Jagannath's most precious ornaments stored in the inner chamber of the Puri temple's Ratna Bhandar (treasury) concluded Monday amid tight security arrangements both inside and outside the shrine, an official said. Gold, diamonds, gems, silver and other...

Jajpur: In a significant breakthrough, the police Monday cracked the sensational murder case of a youth who was shot dead in Odisha’s Jajpur district April 6, arresting five persons, including the deceased’s wife, informed Yashpratap Shrimal, Superintendent of Police, Jajpur district. The accused were identified...

Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan hammered a rapid 91 as Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 216 for six against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here Monday. Kishan played an instrumental role in lifting the SRH side who lost Abhishek Sharma (0) and Travis Head (18) early....

Bhubaneswar: More than 1.76 lakh families in Odisha have provided their information during the ongoing self-enumeration process for Census-2027, a senior officer said here Monday. As part of the Census exercise, a provision for self-enumeration has been made available for citizens on an online platform...