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Baliguda: Forest officials have arrested three more poachers in connection with the death of an elephant due to electrocution in the Munduti forest under the Belghar range of the Baliguda forest division in Kandhamal district. The accused have been identified as Kshama Patra, 76, Brushabha...

Koraput: Koraput Collector Manoj Satyaban Mahajan spent Saturday on field duty in the remote and hilly Kotia region, trekking nearly three kilometres and climbing steep terrain to inspect development works in interior villages. Mahajan walked to villages under the Kotia panchayat to review ongoing welfare...

Bhubaneswar: The State Higher Education Department has issued a stern directive to government and government-aided colleges across the state, expressing concern over the slow implementation of self-defence club activities for the 2025–26 academic session. Although funds had been sanctioned and disbursed through the Student Academic...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj Sunday asserted that the long-standing demand of students to grant university status for Shailabala Women’s Autonomous College in Cuttack has not been overlooked. Responding to criticism following the State Budget 2026– 27, Suraj said the state government is...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha state council of All India Youth Federation (AIYF) Sunday organised a state-level Young Women’s Convention at Bhagwati Bhavan chaired by Aparna Routray. The convention highlighted a range of issues affecting young women across the country, including rising unemployment, growing incidents of violence against...

Bhubaneswar: A farmers’ training and scientist–farmer interaction programme was organised recently in President Droupadi Murmu’s village in Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj, bringing together experts and over 200 farmers from Uperbeda, Hatabadra, Aharabandha and Kusumi villages. The programme was jointly conducted by Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha may see a change in weather as a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. According to the IMD, a well-marked low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal continued at 2:30...

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has built a high-security data centre in Odisha, strategically located well away from potential cross-border threat zones and high seismic-risk regions, as part of efforts to safeguard critical financial infrastructure and strengthen continuity of core systems. The greenfield...

Bhubaneswar: The state Higher Education department has sanctioned Rs 1.73 crore for the development of 11 colleges and one university across Odisha under the ‘Ama Gourav Ama College’ scheme, aimed at strengthening infrastructure and academic facilities in higher educational institutions. Among the institutions set to...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged an Odisha farmer who has secured extra income through better land use and water savings, in his monthly radio broadcast, “Mann Ki Baat”, Sunday. The PM also mentioned a Kerala village’s success in growing 570 varieties of rice...