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New Delhi: A women's group Thursday demanded an inquiry into visuals purportedly showing cricketer Riyan Parag using a vape-like device during an IPL match, and questioned whether the incident was part of an attempt to normalise banned products. Mothers Against Vaping, a collective of mothers...

Bargarh: The Orissa High Court has issued a significant directive aimed at resolving long-standing grievances in the state’s paddy procurement system. In a ruling on writ petition No. 9562/2026, filed by 14 farmers from Bargarh district, the court ordered the district collector to examine pending...

Bonai: Security forces killed a wanted Maoist commander during an encounter in a forested area along the Odisha–Jharkhand border Wednesday, officials said. Weapons and Maoist materials were recovered from the site. The deceased has been identified as Israel Purti, also known as Amrit (32), a...

Gudvella: Police in Bolangir district Wednesday recovered the body of a 27-year-old junior engineer (JE) from his rented accommodation in Gudvella, officials said. The deceased, identified as Prabir Behera of Kanikapada in Jajpur’s Mangalapur police station area, was working as a junior engineer on a...

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) Wednesday launched the 27th edition of its flagship publication, Women and Men in India 2025: Selected Indicators and Data, during a National Dialogue on “Data for Development” held. The publication presents a comprehensive snapshot of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has initiated efforts to build a robust institutional framework for inclusive governance through the proposed Odisha Resource Centre for Ageing & Divyangjan (ORCAD), a state-level centre of excellence aimed at promoting accessibility, inclusion and coordinated services for elderly persons and Divyangjan across the...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das Wednesday launched a major beautification and green drive for key traffic junctions and median stretches along NH16 passing through the Capital city, with support from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. In the first phase, plantation work kicked...

Bhubaneswar: Additional Chief Secretary to the Housing and Urban Development department and Chairperson of IDCO Usha Padhee Wednesday reviewed the progress of the Kalinganagar National Industrial Corridor (KNIC) in Jajpur district, with emphasis on accelerating industrial expansion along with urban infrastructure development. During her visit,...

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra has assured that the supply of domestic LPG across the state remains completely normal, while petrol and diesel stocks are sufficiently available to meet consumer demand. Reviewing the overall fuel supply situation with representatives from...

Bhubaneswar: Employment is not the end of learning, but the beginning of a new chapter, Industries, Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Sampad Chandra Swain said while distributing appointment letters to more than 400 students during the ‘Campus to Career’ programme organised at Government Polytechnic,...