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Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: A special statewide road safety enforcement drive launched by the Transport department under the direction of Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena is currently underway across Odisha. The campaign combines strict enforcement with public awareness initiatives to enhance road safety. During intensive checks conducted March 21...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve access to education and basic services for migrant children, Aide et Action (India), in partnership with UNICEF, the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation and district authorities, has launched a targeted intervention across brick kilns in Odisha. As part...

Bhubaneswar: Shaheed Diwas (Martyrs’ Day), commemorating the supreme sacrifice of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar, was observed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in the City,...

Hatadihi: Nandipada police arrested two persons in connection with a death threat issued to former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president, former minister and former MLA Jayadev Jena of the Anandapur Assembly constituency in Keonjhar district. The accused were identified as Harmohan Barik, 27, and...

Balasore: Two crew members of a mechanised boat died Monday after allegedly inhaling toxic fumes while unloading fish at a jetty near Chandipur beach in Balasore district, police said. The incident occurred at Naupalgadi fishing jetty at Balaramgadi. The deceased were identified as Pravakar Mallick...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, Monday released the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2026 notification. The OTET is scheduled to be conducted May 29 in two shifts – Paper 1 (for Primary level) from 9 am to 11:30 am and Paper II...

Puri: Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Monday said elaborate arrangements, including videography, photography and 3D mapping, have been made for the inventory of Puri Srimandir’s Ratna Bhandar, scheduled to begin March 25 after a gap of 48 years. He said the use of technology is aimed...

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has asked the Forest, Environment and Climate Change department of the state to take necessary action and subsequently submit an action taken report (ATR) regarding the alleged proposal to fell more than 2,000 full-grown trees...

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Hundreds of roadside eateries and small restaurants in Odisha have been forced to cut down their menus, increase prices and in several cases switch to coal and firewood amid a shortage of commercial LPG cylinders. Prasant Kumar Bhatt, manager of a vegetarian restaurant in...

Phulbani: Padma Shri awardee and tribal spiritual leader Purnamasi Jani has been hospitalised at the district headquarters hospital. She was initially admitted to Khajuripada Community Health Centre after feeling unwell Sunday morning and was later shifted to Phulbani District Headquarters Hospital as her condition worsened....