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Nandapur:  While the state government and the Koraput district administration continue to outline plans on paper to ensure better markets, fair prices and livelihoods for farmers, traders from Karnataka are seen putting those principles into practice on the ground. Several traders from Karnataka have begun...

Rourkela: A Class X student, who went missing on her way to school Wednesday and was later found unconscious in a forest under Bisra police limits, succumbed during treatment at Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) early Friday. The cause of death remains unclear, police said. The...

Kendrapara: A police constable posted at Tantiapala Marine police station has been arrested by Kendrapara Town police for allegedly assaulting and attempting to outrage the modesty of a woman reporter under the pretext of marriage. According to SDPO Jyoti Ranjan Gauda, the 23-year-old reporter, a...

Baripada: The National Green Tribunal’s Eastern Zone bench in Kolkata has directed the state government and concerned authorities to file their responses regarding a proposal to allot land for a five-star hotel project at Laxmiposhi near the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district. The tribunal...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: In order to keep a check on the rise of buying and selling of used motor vehicles and create awareness among the public, the State Transport Authority (STA) has issued an advisory urging both buyers and sellers to remain vigilant and follow prescribed procedures...

Cuttack: Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Friday said that healthcare must be viewed as a fundamental public duty rather than a peripheral welfare function, as he formally inaugurated the MBA Programme in Healthcare Management and Law at National Law University Odisha (NLUO). Speaking...

Bhubaneswar: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Friday clarified reports regarding the deactivation of Aadhaar numbers of some residents of Odisha, stating that the exercise is part of a nationwide database clean-up to prevent misuse of Aadhaar credentials. According to UIDAI, over 2 crore...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday, watched Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship student interaction programme Pariksha Pe Charcha along with students at the Government High School, Unit-I, Bhubaneswar. The initiative aims to help students approach examinations with confidence, clarity and a positive mindset. With...

Bhubaneswar: Following the surrender of 19 Maoists Friday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Odisha has achieved a breakthrough in the national mission to eliminate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and build a Naxal-free India. Taking to his X handle, CM Majhi wrote, “Today, Odisha has...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Friday attacked Odisha's BJP government, accusing it of lacking a clear strategy to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute, allowing Chhattisgarh to construct more dams and barrages to obstruct free flow of water in the inter-state river. The allegations were made at a...