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Bhubaneswar/Anandapur: In a bid to restore the natural habitat of elephants and other wild animals, a large-scale bamboo seed ball plantation drive was carried out in the Atei Reserve Forest near Arjunbania village under Kolimati Gram Panchayat in Anandapur Sunday. Led by environmentalist Trilochan Sahoo,...

Bhubaneswar: Former IAS officer Upendra Nath Behera failed to appear before Capital Police Sunday for questioning in connection with the alleged disappearance of key files from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), police officials said. Behera is the third former senior bureaucrat to skip a police...

Bhubaneswar: A vehicle hit a fish trader, knocking him unconscious, before a four-wheeler dragged him for three kilometres on NH 16, killing him on the spot Sunday, police said. Another fish trader was also injured after being hit by the first vehicle, a senior officer...

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed Bibhuti Bhusan Mahapatra as the new state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress in Odisha. Mahapatra, who began his student political journey at the Bhubanananda Odisha School of...

Sambalpur: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla has relaxed its controversial dress code following student protests over the mandatory uniform policy. According to a decision taken by the varsity’s Academic Council, wearing the prescribed uniform will no longer be compulsory. Students will...

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Odisha Sunday joined the nation in recalling the valour of the armed forces in the Kargil war, with Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and others paying tribute to the martyrs. India observed the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas during the day...

Glasgow: Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu underlined her status as India's greatest weightlifter of her generation with a record-shattering third successive Commonwealth Games gold, while Rishikanta Singh battled injury to claim a historic silver as the country enjoyed a productive day at the Games Sunday. Mirabai...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned from the Union Cabinet over the NEET paper leak, Opposition parties in Odisha Sunday demanded the removal of state minister Nityananda Gond for alleged errors in the school textbooks for classes 1 to 8. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee...

Thuamul Rampur(Kalahandi): A 7-year-old tribal boy with 80% permanent disability has allegedly been deprived of government welfare benefits for years in Odisha's Kalahandi district, raising serious questions over the implementation of social security schemes in remote areas and the accountability of local authorities. The child,...

Harare: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's remarkably adaptive 81 and an equally solid effort from bowlers led by pacer Mayank Yadav ensured India's smooth 35-run win over Zimbabwe in the third and final T20I here Sunday. Along with the victory, India also completed a 3-0 sweep, a fine...