Malkangiri: A 22-year-old man died by suicide in Malkangiri district Tuesday after a village ‘kangaroo court’ allegedly imposed a Rs 45,000 fine over his relationship with a married woman, his family alleged. The deceased has been identified as Sagar Sarkar of MV-92 village. He had...
Brahmapur: Former BJD MLA Bikram Kumar Panda was released from Brahmapur jail Tuesday, a day after the Orissa High Court granted him bail in the murder case of advocate and former Odisha State Bar Council member Pitabash Panda. Pitabash Panda was shot dead by two...
New Delhi: Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah Tuesday, was named in the Indian squad for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan in the National Capital, subject to fitness clearance, as the selectors picked an identical squad that will travel to Aichi-Nagoya for the Asian Games later...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will lead a high-level delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attract foreign investment, with a series of investment meetings scheduled in Dubai September 8 and 9 to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) The delegation will include...
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police’s Special Crime Unit conducted raids in the Kalpana and Laxmisagar areas of Bhubaneswar following complaints of illegal sale of ‘ganja, gutkha, pan masala’ and other tobacco products Tuesday. The operation focused particularly on shops located near educational institutions, where police checked...
Bhubaneswar: Three retired Odisha government employees, including a doctor, have been convicted by vigilance courts in separate cases, officials said Tuesday. The convicted officials are Jharsuguda District Headquarters Hospital's retired senior surgery specialist Debendranath Nayak, assistant revenue inspector Durga Prasad Sahu and retired soil conservation...
Baleshwar/Baripada: Flood concerns have resurfaced in northern Odisha as the Jalaka River reportedly reached its danger level in Baleshwar district Tuesday and the Budhabalanga continued to swell amid persistent rainfall linked to a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal. At Mathani in Basta block,...
Baripada: A 20-year-old from Baripada in Mayurbhanj district returned home safely Monday after narrowly escaping the devastation caused by the recent flash floods in Nepal. Kulsum Nigar reached her home in Natha Sahi under Ward 23 of Baripada town after a long journey, bringing relief...
Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: Coastal Kendrapada will soon have a National Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Park as the Centre has accorded in-principle approval under the Shipbuilding Development Scheme (SbDS) of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, marking a major boost to the state’s maritime and shipbuilding ambitions....
By SIBADATTA SAHOO, OP Chitrakonda: The sorry state of education in the tribal-dominated Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district stands exposed as the Dabalpa Government Primary School in the remote Ralegada panchayat under Chitrakonda block runs from the verandah of a church in the absence of...
By Dilip Cherian An IAS officer quitting after 13 years is unusual. An officer as publicly visible as Divya Mittal...
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Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate...
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