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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has asked senior officers heading different departments to initiate disciplinary action against officials found neglecting resolution of public grievances at their ends. The CMO in a letter to the top officers has also directed them to speed up...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday placed a demand of Rs 12.59 lakh crore before the 16th Finance Commission. The demands were placed before the 16th Finance Commission team led by its chairman Aravind Panagariya at a meeting with the Odisha government team led by Chief...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) opposed the draft UGC Regulations, 2025 and rejected proposed provisions for appointing vice-chancellors and other academic staff. In a letter to the University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Wednesday, the BJD Coordination & Activities Committee chairman Debi Prasad Mishra, said:...

Berhampur: The blackbuck population in Odisha's Ganjam district has increased to 8,789, an official said. The total number of blackbucks, locally called 'Krushnasar Murga', was 8,789 in the biannual census conducted by the forest department January 29 in all three forest divisions in the district....

Keonjhar: The ongoing excavation work for installation of slurry pipelines and heavy traffic on National Highway 20 have emerged as major obstacles for smooth passage of elephants in Sadar and Ghatgaon forest ranges of this district, according to reports. The pipeline project, which involves breaking...

Berhampur: A team of researchers from Estuarine Biology Regional Centre at Gopalpur in Ganjam district have identified a new species of flying fish, ‘Cheilopogon arcticeps’, in the Indian Ocean. The discovery was made by the researchers of Estuarine Biology Regional Centre in Gopalpur in collaboration...

Boinda: An 18-year-old youth was beaten to death over a love affair at Sanagobindapur village under Handapa police limits in Angul district late Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Rahul Samal, son of Dillip Samal of Madhapur village under Handapa police station. Dillip has...

Malkangiri: Odisha anti-corruption vigilance sleuths Wednesday seized around Rs 2 crore in cash from the house of a state government officer in Malkangiri district during a raid, officials said. The vigilance officials raided the house of deputy director and project director of watershed department, Malkangiri,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's opposition BJD Wednesday demanded an apology from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over his purported statement on the skin colour of tribal women. A video clip in which Majhi, himself a tribal from Keonjhar district, was heard making the statement has gone viral...

Rourkela: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Wednesday asserted that technical education has always been a key driver of progress and it is now more crucial than ever. Addressing students and faculty members at the 11th convocation of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) here, the...