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Bhubaneswar: The Excise department Wednesday seized 50 kg of ganja worth about Rs 5 lakh and 160 gm of brown sugar valued at Rs 16 lakh, arresting three persons and detaining two minors in separate raids conducted in the district. In the ganja seizure case,...

Bhubaneswar: Infocity Police have arrested eight staff members of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) and apprehended three minor students in connection with the murder of 14-year-old hostel student Shiba Munda, a Class IX student. Police Commissioner S. Dev Datta Singh said the case arose...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), in collaboration with Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and WRI India, hosted a capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening the planning and design of adolescent-friendly public spaces. The initiative reflects the City’s commitment to creating inclusive urban environments that promote health, safety,...

Sambalpur: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, in collaboration with Utkal University (UU), will organise Amrit-Peedhi: Students Global Summit 2025 from December 18 to 20, focused on ‘Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its Ethics.’ The three-day global academic and youth leadership summit,...

Bhubaneswar: The third meeting of the State-Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) for the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0’ plantation campaign was held here Wednesday, during which the status of monitoring, portal data uploads and plantation survival, in line with the detailed programme guidelines, was reviewed....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the Chief Secretary to submit a report on issues related to outsourced employees engaged across various state government departments and agencies. The directive was issued while hearing a petition filed by noted human rights activist Biswapriya...

Kotpad: A student was killed, and two more were critically injured after an old concrete plaque collapsed on them at a residential school campus about 5 km from here in the Koraput district Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Premanand Bhatra, a Class III student....

Baripada: A five-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by one of her distant relatives in Mayurbhanj district, police said Wednesday. The accused, who resides in the neighbourhood of the minor’s family, was arrested, a senior officer said. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with Baripada...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday announced that the state government will set up a centre of excellence at IIIT Bhubaneswar for the development of the semiconductor sector with an investment of Rs 400 crore. Speaking at the valedictory session of Indocrypt 2025,...

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said the road connecting Berhampur and Jeypore will be upgraded to a six-lane highway at a cost of Rs 6,000 crore. Addressing the annual function of Saraswati Shishu Vidyamandira at Nilakantha Nagar here, Majhi said the proposed...