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Pottangi: Odisha officials Tuesday stopped Andhra Pradesh government employees from conducting a farmer survey in the disputed border villages under Kotia panchayat of Koraput district, seizing documents and ordering them to leave. A cluster of villages under Kotia panchayat along the Odisha-Andhra border has long...

Rourkela: A natural compound found in long pepper can be an effective and cost-efficient agent against colon cancer cells, said researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela Tuesday. Colon cancer is a disease in which the cells grow uncontrollably in the large intestine...

Daringbadi: A 12-hour shutdown was observed in Daringbadi Tuesday after tension flared between two groups over a disputed plot of land where a Durga Puja committee had planned to hold a yajna and Amrit Milan event. Shops and markets remained closed following a call by...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday approved 20 projects with a total proposed investment of Rs 4,353 crore, an official said. The projects were approved at the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja in Bhubaneswar. The projects would be...

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Thursday said Odisha is unlikely to receive rain in the next seven days, even though two weather systems are developing over the Bay of Bengal, one of which may intensify beyond a depression. Director of the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, Manorama...

Malkangiri: Three minor girls in the age group of six to eight years were allegedly sexually abused by a man in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place two days ago, and the accused person has been detained, said MV 79 police...

Baripada: The decomposed body of a lawyer, who had been missing for more than two months, was recovered Monday from a pond in Silphodi Upparbeda village under Jharpokharia police limits in Mayurbhanj district. The body was found inside his car, which had sunk in the...

Sambalpur: Union Minister  Pradhan Monday laid the foundation stone for a tiger enclosure in Sambalpur Zoo, which is set to transform it into a medium-sized zoological park. Pradhan, the Sambalpur MP, placed the first brick for a state-of-the-art 1,500 sq metre tiger enclosure where two...

Deogarh: Over five months after the inauguration of the new seven-storey district headquarters hospital (DHH) in Deogarh, major gaps in staffing, equipment use and basic facilities have appeared with residents wondering why the building was inaugurated before it was ready to deliver full-fledged healthcare services....

Sambalpur: Students of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla have drawn national attention after building a formula racing car that won top honours in the lightweight category and secured the all-India second position at the Imperial-2025 competition. The vehicle, named ‘Ares’, was...