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Jharsuguda: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, has launched ‘Agni Jagrukta Abhiyaan’, a monthly safety awareness programme extending its safety-first culture from the workplace to the homes of employees and business partners. The initiative focuses on practical domestic safety, including fire prevention, safe use of...

Koraput: Despite being rich in forest and agricultural produce, Odisha continues to lose market control over products grown within its own territory, with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh dominating trade, particularly in the Kotia region of Koraput district. This concern came to the fore when Pottangi block...

Bhawanipatna: Paddy procurement in Kalahandi district has been moving at a sluggish pace since the beginning of the current kharif marketing season, causing concern among farmers. The situation worsened between January 5 and 7 following an agitation by rice millers, which brought paddy lifting at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories are being set up in nine Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) of the state. Addressing the closing ceremony of the Odisha Skill Competition 2025-26, CM Majhi said a total of 47 ITIs will...

Baripada: The mercury dropped to minus 1 degree Celsius in the Similipal National Park Friday, the lowest recorded temperature in Odisha, as a cold wave gripped the state. The observatory in Upar Barha Kamuda in the park's core area recorded a temperature of minus 1...

Kendrapara: A demonstration over the demand for an underpass at an expressway in Odisha's Kendrapara district escalated Friday, following which prohibitory orders under section 163 of the BNSS were imposed around a police station, officials said. Locals have been staging a sit-in near the Paradip-Daitary...

Balasore: A class 5 student of a state-run primary school in Odisha's Balasore district died after a cement slab fell on him at an under-construction building on the institute's premises, police said Friday. The incident took place at Badas village within Baliapal police station limits...

Joda: Allegations of unsafe and irregular mineral transportation have surfaced at a South Eastern Railway (SER) siding at Jurudi in Keonjhar district, raising concerns over compliance with safety norms. Sources said mineral loading takes place daily on five to six lines at the siding, with...

Boinda: Vigilance sleuths arrested a Revenue Inspector (RI) in Angul district Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000, authorities said. RI Surendra Das, posted at Tushar under the Athamallik block, was caught red-handed by an Angul Vigilance team while accepting the bribe at...

Rajnagar: As many as 300 people fell ill with diarrhoea and vomiting after they attended a wedding feast under this block in Kendrapara district, prompting health authorities to rush medical teams to the affected villages. The outbreak was reported from Endulapur, Prasannapur and Khandamara villages...