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Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown on illegal LPG storage, the Civil Supplies Enforcement Squad Wednesday raided a timber workshop in the Samantarapur area under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits and seized 107 cylinders stored in violation of safety norms. Acting under the guidance of Khurda...

Bhubaneswar: As part of ongoing administrative training, IAS probationers participated in a comprehensive orientation programme organised by the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department here Wednesday to strengthen their understanding of urban governance and service delivery systems. The programme began with an interactive session with...

Banarpal: Five employees sustained critical burn injuries in a flashover incident during an electrical repairing work at captive power plant (CPP) of Nalco in Angul district late Tuesday night. The injured were identified as technical officers Sushant Kumar Samal, Anil Gadnayak, Soubhagya Bal, employee Gajendra...

Chhatrapur: Rushikulya rookery witnessed a sharp decline in mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles as it registered 2.05 lakh turtles laying eggs in this season (2026), as against an all-time high of 9 lakh in 2025 season. Natural factors including the shrinkage of beach width,...

Bhubaneswar: The Office of the Principal Accountant General, in collaboration with the Home department, successfully organised a Pension Adalat at OSAP 7th Battalion, Chandrasekharpur  Wednesday. Also Read: Man dies in shop building collapse; close shave for three Orissa POST - Odisha’s No.1 English Daily

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to further strengthen the state’s revenue administration, the state government has approved direct recruitment of 1,363 Junior Revenue Assistants (JRAs) during a committee meeting chaired by the Finance department Principal Secretary. In this regard, Revenue and Disaster Management Department Additional Chief...

Kendrapara: The fragile ecosystem of Bhitarkanika Sanctuary is under serious threat due to rapid rise in illegal prawn dykes over the past year, in clear violation of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. According to the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) of Kanika Forest Range Manas Kumar...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a move to strengthen the City’s cleanliness drive under the Swachh Survekshan campaign, launched a new initiative  Wednesday to enhance door-to-door waste collection. Beginning with this effort, three-wheeled sanitation trolleys have been introduced to ensure garbage collection from narrow...

Bhubaneswar: Police have detained six Bangladeshi women in Bhubaneswar for allegedly staying in India without valid documents, following an input shared by Military Intelligence, official sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the women were detained during an operation conducted Tuesday in the city. Preliminary...

Bhala Chandra Mohanty is a prominent industrialist and the Managing Director of Oriclean Private Limited. Since founding the company in 1990, he has transformed a small-scale unit in Cuttack into a multi-crore manufacturing powerhouse. Under his leadership, Oriclean has become a critical strategic partner for...