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Bhubaneswar: The recent sighting of two tuskers at the Sikharchandi hilltop has disrupted Sunday picnic plans for locals and tourists, as the area has been closed during the peak season to prevent human-animal conflicts. The Chandaka Forest department’s driveaway operation has entered its second day,...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to hike the monthly assistance for folk artistes under ‘Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana’. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi made this announcement while gracing the 48th ‘Pala Sammilani’ held in Keonjhar Sunday. As per the decision, the pension for artistes...

Daringbadi: A violent clash between two picnicker groups broke out at Duluri pine forest in Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district Sunday, prompting the police to resort to lathi charge. The incident occurred on the last Sunday of the year when nearly 3,000-4,000 people had gathered...

Deogarh: In an unusual incident, a five-year-old boy spent the entire night alone in a forested area amid bone-chilling cold, guarding his dead father and unconscious mother before seeking help from others Sunday morning. The incident took place in Odisha's Deogarh district and came to...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Sunday abruptly cancelled his meeting with the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of Odisha scheduled December 29 and returned to New Delhi, official sources said. Kumar, who was on the three-day tour to Odisha, returned due to a major accident...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal Sunday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation of violence on Bengali-speaking people in saffron party-ruled states, and said there should be no politics in the recent killing of a migrant worker from her state. Responding to a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress chief Bhakta Charan Das Sunday alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched to erase Mahatma Gandhi's name from all spheres of life. Das remarked, without taking any name, while addressing party leaders and workers at a programme organised on the occasion of...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced that birth centenary celebrations of freedom fighter Parbati Giri will be held next month. He also paid tributes to Giri, who hailed from Odisha, for her dedication to the freedom struggle and social reform. Modi mentioned Giri's name...

Jharsuguda: As many as 4,040 candidates Sunday appeared for the written examination to fill 102 vacant Home Guard posts in Odisha's Jharsuguda district, officials said. Despite the minimum educational qualification for the advertised post being Class-V pass, many graduates and post-graduates also reportedly appeared for...

Nayagarh: A women-led initiative to protect bamboo forests has transformed a once-degraded woodland into a thriving ecosystem in Baijhari forest under Duda panchayat of Dasapalla block in Nayagarh district, while also creating sustainable livelihoods for tribal and Dalit women. The protection of the Shinka bamboo...