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Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), a deemed-to-be university, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kolkata-based Krishibandhu Crop Science Private Limited (KBC) to collaborate on research, development and extension activities in industrial biotechnology, with a focus on promoting sustainable agriculture, official sources said Wednesday. The...

Bhabanipatana: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified assailants Wednesday evening in Kalahandi district, police said. The deceased was identified as Fakira Rana, husband of Snigdha Rana, the sarpanch of Domkarlakhunta village under M. Rampur police station limits. According...

Bhuban: A Class VIII student died after falling ill at a government school here in Dhenkanal district Wednesday, with doctors saying the exact cause of death will be known only after the postmortem report. The student, identified as 12-year-old Mangaraj Sathua Mohapatra, was studying at...

Kataka: A dispute between inmates of a hostel in Ravenshaw University and a deputy warden escalated into a political row with teachers and local Kataka Sadar MLA Prakash Sethi trading misconduct charges against each other. Earlier, inmates of the varsity's East Hostel had launched an...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Wednesday opposed an alleged move to establish a nuclear power plant in Odisha and accused the state's BJP government of compromising with public safety for the sake of corporate interests. The BJD's opposition came days after a representative of a private company...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo Wednesday said the state aims for a transition from decades of conventional power generation to a leading hub for clean power, green fuels, and a low-carbon industry. Singh Deo was speaking at the 5th edition of E3:...

Brahmapur: A three-member committee constituted by the Odisha government Wednesday began its investigation into the alleged circulation of medical postgraduate (PG) examination question paper in the state, officials said. The committee members officers of the Health and Family Welfare Department including Additional Secretary Bijay Kumar...

Bhubaneswar: The authorities deported 42 Bangladeshi nationals who allegedly had infiltrated Odisha's twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, a senior police officer said here Wednesday. The 42 people were expelled from India between July 2025 and March 2026. Another six Bangladeshi infiltrators were found in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Wednesday filed a chargesheet against 11 people for their alleged involvement in the lynching of a GRP constable following an attempt to rape a woman on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar May 7, an official said. Investigating Officer (IO) of the case, Ratnaprava...

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday conducted searches at premises linked to former Andhra Pradesh MLA Malla Vijaya Prasad in connection with a multi-state chit fund scam, officials said. The searches were carried out at seven locations in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad as part of a...