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Bhubaneswar: Strengthening women’s safety mechanisms and preventing child marriage in vulnerable communities will be key priorities for Odisha, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said Friday. Chairing a review meeting of the Women and Child Development department, Parida stressed the need to improve support systems for...

New Delhi: Pacers Akash Deep and Anshul Kamboj were Friday named in the India squad for the two Test series in New Zealand. Akash Deep recently returned to action after recovering from a stress fracture. Akash Deep last played in the 2025 tour of England...

Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin Friday congratulated the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidates who emerged victorious in the student union elections held across colleges and universities in Odisha, saying that this victory reflects the youth's faith in nationalism and national interest....

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das Friday strongly condemned the issuance of a notification for panchayat elections in the Kotia region in Koraput district of Odisha by the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, demanding the Odisha government take immediate steps to stop the...

Bhubaneswar: A Breast Self-Examination (BSE) booth was inaugurated at the Department of Medical Oncology of AIIMS Bhubaneswar here Friday, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, officials said. AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas inaugurated the booth, which the institute said is the first of...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: National Steering Committee Friday approved an investment of Rs 1,194.92 crore for ugrading Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) clusters across Odisha, Maharashtra, and Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) scheme. With the approval, the cumulative...

Kataka: Orissa High Court will reopen for regular judicial proceedings October 27 after its Durga Puja and Dussehra vacation, which begins Monday, October 19, according to an official notification. Friday, October 16, will be the last working day before the break, followed by the weekend...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Friday defended Governor-designate Braj Mohan Ram over his controversial remark that he would "work to strengthen the BJP" after assuming office, saying it could have been a slip of the tongue by a senior leader who had worked for...

Bhubaneswar: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won seven of the nine posts in the Utkal University students’ union elections held Thursday, while the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) bagged the remaining two posts. The Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) drew a blank in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and many other dignitaries greeted BJD president Naveen Patnaik on his 80th birthday Friday. Patnaik, a five-term former chief minister of Odisha, was born in Kataka October 16, 1946. Kambhampati, in a social media...