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By Pramod Kumar Bohidar, OP Sambalpur: The 112-year-old Khandual Government Upgraded High School under the Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) has seen a sharp drop in enrolment owing to poor infrastructure and a shortage of teachers gripping the institution. Established as a primary school in 1914,...

By Rabinarayan Jena, OP Bhubaneswar: A total of 4,203 educational institutions in the state are operating on forest-classified land, creating difficulties in accessing government assistance and other facilities, according to Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) department sources Monday. The issue was highlighted during a high-level...

Digapahandi: A 70-year-old woman who went missing from Bhubaneswar five years ago has finally returned home after her grandson recognised her during a live television broadcast from an old-age home in the city. Indu Bisoyi, a native of Naliha village under Kukudakhandi block, was reunited...

Naktideula: A Class IV student had a close shave after a villager shot an arrow at him while he was travelling to school with his father on a bike at Keutaberni village in Salebhata panchayat and this police limits in Sambalpur district, police said. The...

Papadahandi: Police rescued a newborn boy found inside a bag lying on the roadside near Majhiguda-Gopiguda Square in Nabarangpur district. ASI Ananta Kadraka and a team from Maidalpur police station were patrolling the area early Monday when they noticed the bag and found the infant...

Bhabanipatana: Three persons, including two journalists, were arrested for allegedly blackmailing a government official and extorting Rs 50,000 from him through intimidation, police said Monday. The arrested journalists were identified as Dushmant Panda and Anil Panda, both from Junagada in Kalahandi district. The third accused...

Bhubaneswar: Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday approved the revised Buxi Jagabandhu Assured Water Supply to Habitations (BASUDHA) scheme with a state-funded outlay of Rs 5,045 crore for implementation from 2026-27 to 2028-29. Chief Secretary Anu Garg said the revised BASUDHA scheme...

Bhubaneswar: The 32nd Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (GKCM) Award Festival reached a significant artistic milestone on its third evening Monday with the presentation of Saugandhika Aaranam, a rare revival of the ancient Marganatya tradition rooted in Bharata Muni’s Natyashastra. Organised by Srjan–Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Nrityabasa...

By SUNIT MISHRA, OP Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court Monday deferred the hearing of a case concerning the selection of Odisha’s new director general of police (DGP) to September 16. Meanwhile, Susanta Kumar Nath, a 1993-batch IPS officer currently serving as Odisha’s Director General of Prisons,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Monday approved an investment proposal of over Rs 15,948 crore to strengthen power infrastructure in the state, a senior official said. The cabinet of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved 18 proposals from 12 departments during its meeting this evening, she said....