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Bhubaneswar, July 29: The Centre will invest more than Rs 3,384 crore to expand high-speed broadband connectivity across rural Odisha under the BharatNet Phase-III project, following the signing of two key Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) by the Odisha government Wednesday to strengthen the state’s digital...

Bhubaneswar: Khordha district administration has intensified flood preparedness measures, ordering the closure of all schools and cancelling the leave of government officials as heavy rainfall and flood threats loom over parts of Odisha. All government and private primary, upper primary, high schools and higher secondary...

Bhubaneshwar: Senior BJP leader and MP Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting with Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Legislative Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, and other senior BJP leaders, days after stepping down as the Union Education Minister. The discussions, held Wednesday, centred on key developmental...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Cyber fraud cases in India have nearly tripled, rising from 10,395 in 2020 to 29,758 in 2024, with Telangana recording the highest number of cases in 2024, followed by Bihar, Maharashtra and Odisha, the government informed the Rajya Sabha Wednesday. In a written...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Wednesday said education should be closely integrated with practical skills and entrepreneurship to enable students to become job creators rather than merely job seekers. Accompanied by First Lady Jayashree Kambhampati, the Governor visited the Centurion University campus, where he lauded...

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education (HE) department Wednesday released the third merit list for admission to undergraduate (UG) courses for the 2026–27 academic session. According to the department, a total of 2,87,519 seats are available for UG admissions this year, out of which 2,37,200 students had...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday expressed gratitude to devotees, servitors, police personnel, government officials, voluntary organisations and all those associated with the Rath Yatra in Puri for the successful and peaceful conduct of the world-famous festival this year, despite challenging weather conditions. The...

Bhubaneswar: Banks key to building Odisha’s agri-entrepreneur ecosystem by ensuring timely and adequate credit support to aspiring entrepreneurs, said Deputy CM and Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo during a state-level Bankers’ Meet 2026 organised by Agricultural Promotion and Investment Corporation...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to introduce a certificate programme on mutual funds for students pursuing commerce, management and related courses in state-run colleges and universities to enhance their financial literacy and employability, officials said Wednesday. According to a notification issued by the Higher...

Bhubaneswar: A 7-year-old girl student of a government-run school in Bhubaneswar was found dead inside a water fountain on a police reserve ground near her campus Wednesday evening, police said. The mentally challenged girl studied at the Demonstration Multipurpose (DM) School of the Regional Institute...