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Nilagiri: A weather-measuring instrument fell from the sky and landed on a sal tree near an anganwadi centre at Gendara Sahi under Naranpur panchayat in Nilagiri block Friday, triggering panic and speculation among local residents. The plastic box-like object was found hanging from the tree...

Jayapur/Koraput: Jayapur Town police arrested five persons, including a woman, and seized 403.1 grams of brown sugar worth an estimated Rs 45 lakh during a raid on an alleged drug trafficking operation near Canal Road here, police said Sunday. The arrested persons were identified as...

Brahmapur: Police detained two women suspected to be Bangladeshi nationals after they were found travelling by train from Bhubaneswar to Bengaluru, officials said Sunday. The women were travelling on an SMVT Bengaluru-bound train from Bhubaneswar when they were detained at Brahmapur railway station. Police seized...

BANDANA SETHI, OP Bhubaneswar: The Nageswar Tangi market began in 1993 with just a few traders. Initially, the vendors operated along Lewis Road. Frequent traffic congestion and accidents eventually prompted the BMC to relocate them to the Nageswar Tangi area. However, the traders were shifted...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the continuing dry weather conditions with light to moderate rain in some parts of Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday warned of thunderstorm activity with gusty winds in 12 districts October 7-8. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind (30-40 kmph)...

SUNIT MISHRA, OP Bhubaneswar: Debate is intensifying over whether student union elections will be held in Odisha this year. Sources indicate the state government is interested in conducting the elections, but no final decision has been taken yet. The All India Students’ Union (ABVP) Saturday...

SUNIT MISHRA, OP Bhubaneswar: Newly appointed Odisha BJP in-charge D Purandeshwari and co-in-charge Swadesh Singh visited the state for the first time after assuming their responsibilities. A key meeting was held at the BJP state office Saturday, attended by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, state...

PRADIP DAS, OP Bhograi: The Subarnarekha River is facing a growing threat from rampant illegal sand extraction, with hundreds of trucks allegedly transporting sand to West Bengal every day. Illegal extraction of sand from the riverbed is reportedly altering the course of the river and...

KARTIK SAHU Kataka: Students in Kataka staged a protest demanding a reduction in the annual membership fee of the newly constructed Biswanath Pandit Central Library at Badambadi. The annual library membership fee, which was earlier Rs 100, has been increased to Rs 2,900 even before...

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: India’s overall large-carnivore population has increased, but the east-central region does not appear to have kept pace. A recent Wildlife Institute of India (WII) study found that leopards continue to face threats such as habitat destruction, poaching and human-wildlife conflict. Sponsored by the Odisha...