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Nisshin: Shreyas Iyer-led Team India opted to bat first against Pakistan in the men's cricket final of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 at the Karogi Sports Park here Saturday. The Men in Blue went with an unchanged team for the gold medal clash as Arshdeep...

CHINMAYA KUMAR SETHI, OP G Udayagiri: Ageing infrastructure at the 90-year old Hubback High School in G Udayagiri of Kandhamal district has pushed parents into constant anxiety as their children study in classrooms riddled with cracks. With the old structure lacking concrete pillars and nine...

Raurkela: Researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Department of Life Science at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Chemistry at IISER Berhampur, have developed a novel cotarnine-derived formulation with potential applications in oral cancer treatment....

Kendujhar: Clash between two groups of students has triggered student unrest at the hostel of Odisha School of Mining Engineering in Kendujhar after a second-year student was allegedly assaulted by a third-year student. Police reached the spot Friday, brought the situation under control and launched...

Nilagiri: Forest officials arrested two suspected poachers during a raid in the Khumkut area under the Panchalin geswar beat house of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary in Baleshwar district Friday. Acting on a tip-off that suspected poachers had entered the sanctuary for hunting, forest personnel raided the...

Digapahandi: Forest officials rescued a blackbuck fawn from Bajraguma village under Choudhuri Tikarapada panchayat in Ganjam district after it had reportedly been sheltered by a local farmer for nearly one and a half months. The female fawn, aged about two months, had strayed into farmland...

BANDANA SETHI, OP Bhubaneswar: With temperatures continuing to rise across Odisha, there is unlikely to be any significant change in the weather over the next week, the Regional Meteorological Centre said. According to data, eight cities recorded temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius Friday. Puri recorded...

SUCHISMITA SAHU, OP Bhubaneswar: Speculation over the conduct of student union elections in Odisha, which have been suspended since 2017, has intensified. Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj has said the appropriate time for holding the elections has not yet arrived. However, the Higher Education department...

RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: The Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA), which is responsible for universalising primary education and steering school education at the grassroots level in the state, has allegedly wasted public money. At times, it has purchased computer equipment, software and hardware in...

Bhubaneswar: The importance of protecting and restoring wildlife corridors to ensure the safe movement and long-term survival of animals was highlighted at a Wildlife Week programme organised by the Orissa Environmental Society (OES) in collaboration with the Foresters’ Training School, Ghatikia, Government of Odisha. Held...