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Nilagiri: Forest officials arrested two suspected poachers during a raid in the Khumkut area under the Panchalin geswar beat house of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary in Baleshwar district Friday. Acting on a tip-off that suspected poachers had entered the sanctuary for hunting, forest personnel raided the...

Digapahandi: Forest officials rescued a blackbuck fawn from Bajraguma village under Choudhuri Tikarapada panchayat in Ganjam district after it had reportedly been sheltered by a local farmer for nearly one and a half months. The female fawn, aged about two months, had strayed into farmland...

BANDANA SETHI, OP Bhubaneswar: Elaborate preparations are underway at the Damana Gopinathjiu Durga Puja Committee to welcome Goddess Durga this year. The committee has estimated a budget of Rs 65 lakh for the celebrations. A 150-foot-wide and 80-foot-high entrance gate resembling the famous Char Dham...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha could witness rainfall during the Durga Puja festivities as a low-pressure system is likely to develop over the Bay of Bengal around mid-October, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD’s extended-range outlook for cyclogenesis over the North Indian Ocean indicates that...

Brahmapur: Several traders in Odisha's Ganjam district observed "No UPI Day" Friday in protest against the proposed Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on certain UPI transactions. Holding placards and banners, members of the Ganjam Chamber of Commerce (GCC) took out a protest rally in Brahmapur, raising...

Thuamul Rampur: A cleanliness drive was organised in Kalahandi district’s Thuamul Rampur Friday on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The drive was organised by the local Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court, with the judge joining volunteers in cleaning public places. Thousands of people had...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday launched the ‘Shishu Shram Mukta Gram Panchayat’ (Child Labour-Free Gram Panchayat) campaign, a 44-day statewide awareness drive aimed at making the state free from the menace of child labour. Announcing the launch of the campaign, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said...

Brahmapur: A railway gangman died after being struck by a Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam inter-state express train while carrying out track maintenance work near Chhatrapur railway station in Ganjam district Friday. The deceased was identified as 58-year-old K Gobind Patra, a resident of Phasidi under Ganjam district’s Khallikote...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government Friday launched the 'Sujal' campaign across the state to raise awareness about water conservation, safe drinking water practices, and preventing water-borne diseases. Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra inaugurated the campaign in Bhubaneswar. Organised by the Water Corporation of...

By BIRENDRA KUMAR JHANKAR, OP Balangir: Bidya Bhushan Sanskrit Prathama-Madhyama School in Balangir town has classes from VI to X. The school once had more than 100 students, but the number gradually declined to 12 four years ago. However, not a single student has enrolled...