Bhubaneswar: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan Thursday said science must not only generate knowledge but also guide policy and ensure sustainability, with the world facing unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges in the present times. Addressing the 15th graduation ceremony of the National Institute of Science...
Bhograi: Three brothers from Odisha's Baleshwar district are among 15 fishermen feared missing after a fishing trawler disappeared in rough seas off the West Bengal coast. The trawler, 'Maa Kali,' carrying 15 fishermen, left the Shankarpur Fishing Harbour in West Bengal Sunday. The vessel reportedly...
Kalahandi: An 11-year-old girl died after the 108 ambulance transporting her to a hospital reportedly developed a mechanical problem, delaying her treatment in Odisha’s Kalahandi district Thursday. The girl was being shifted from Narla Community Health Centre to Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College & Hospital, Bhawanipatna, when the ambulance...
Kataka: A motorcycle rider was critically injured after being run over by an ‘Ama Bus’ at Malachandia Square under Badambadi police limits in Kataka Thursday. According to eyewitnesses, bus dragged the rider for nearly 15 metres before coming to a halt. Locals rushed the injured...
Sambalpur: Four sluice gates of Hirakud Dam were opened Thursday to release season's first floodwater. At present, around 64,000 cusecs of floodwater is being discharged through the four sluice gates. Including releases through the power channel and the irrigation canal, the total discharge into the...
Cuttack: State Transport Authority (STA) has launched a special enforcement drive against vehicles operating without valid fitness certificates, insurance or permits, triggering intensive checks across Cuttack. As part of the drive, Cuttack RTO has seized 56 vehicles so far, including autos, tractors, motorcycles and goods...
Kendrapada: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Jajpur District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police to submit an action-taken report (ATR) within four weeks on the payment of monetary compensation to a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assault ed by her school...
Baleshwar: A Bangladeshi national who served a 14-year prison sentence in Odisha after being convicted in multiple criminal cases was deported to Bangladesh Wednesday following the completion of all legal formalities, police said. Baleshwar Superintendent of Police Pratyush Dibakar said Mohammad Babu Khan, a resident...
Bhabanipatana: The district administration has launched an inquiry into allegations of misconduct against the headmaster of Government SSD School at Madanpur in Kalahandi district. A school matron and two women cook-cum-atten dants of the school accused the headmaster, Shantanu Kumar Meher, of making casteist remarks...
Basta: A woman was found dead at Dhuliuda village under this police limits in Baleshwar district after allegedly being subjected to repeated occult rituals, with her family members accusing her in-laws of murdering her. The deceased, Pooja Das of Nimpada village under Baliapal police limits,...
Bhubaneswar: The Mission Shakti department Friday signed a pact with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)...
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Governments are quick to invoke the rule of law but are less good at living by it. The Department of...
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With the retail inflation in India climbing to 4.38 per cent, tell tale signs of the global economic crisis have...
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US President Donald Trump has pressed the war button again. Tehran too has responded with the same tactic it used...
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