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Bhubaneswar: Odisha emerged as the top-performing state at IndiaSkills 2025–26, securing the highest medal tally in the country with a total of 57 medals. Congratulating the winners, Skill Development and Technical Education (SD&TE) Minister Sampad Chandra Swain highlighted that the achievement reflects the state’s world-class...

Cuttack: With an objective to learn new skills and practical experience, a two-day Terracotta Training Workshop was successfully organised by ORMAS under the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water department April 1 and 2 at CNBT Bus Stand. The workshop featured Sakuntala Muduli and Sri Laxmidhar...

Bhubaneswar: The 36th board of governors meeting of the Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar, was held Friday at the institute’s seminar hall under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh. The meeting marked a significant step in strengthening the...

Bhubaneswar: Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) inaugurated an international conference titled EVOLVE 2026 Friday, bringing together leading scientists from the country and across the globe to explore cutting-edge advances in novel therapeutics. Organised under the aegis of the Indian Society for Extracellular Vesicles (InSEV), the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday asserted that "Odia Asmita" (Odia pride) became a major poll issue in the 2024 elections for Lok Sabha and state Assembly as the previous BJD government had "outsourced" the state's administration to non-Odia bureaucrats. The BJP defeated...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury soared to 40 degrees Celsius and above at nine places in Odisha Friday, with Jharsuguda recording the day's maximum temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius. According to a bulletin from the IMD, Angul recorded a day temperature of 40.7 degrees Celsius, followed by...

Jagdalpur/Sundargarh: Less than 48 hours after writing her Class XII board examinations, the 17-year-old Alish Ekka found herself on the podium with a silver medal around her neck at the Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026 in Chhattisgarh. For the teenager from a nondescript Santoshpur...

Bhubaneswar: BJD and the Congress Friday opposed the Railway Board's decision to exclude the Palasa-Ichchapuram section from ECoR jurisdiction and demanded a rollback of the move. The decision has also not been welcomed by a section of leaders of the ruling BJP. The Palasa-Ichchapuram section...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday urged citizens to cooperate with the upcoming Census exercise, with house listing set to begin from April 16. In a video message, he appealed to people to participate in the process, including self-enumeration being carried out ahead...

Sambalpur: Sambalpur police have arrested two Excise Department staff members, including a retired Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), for allegedly embezzling over Rs 3.67 crore in government funds from 2022 to 2025, an official said Friday. The accused persons arrested in the fraud case have been identified...