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Rayagada: A small tribal village in Rayagada district has transformed its degraded forests into a thriving ecosystem, restoring water sources, improving livelihoods and strengthening community resilience through sustainable forest management. Laktiguda village, home to 38 Scheduled Tribe families, is surrounded by 567 acres of Community...

Bhubaneswar/Anandapur: In a bid to restore the natural habitat of elephants and other wild animals, a large-scale bamboo seed ball plantation drive was carried out in the Atei Reserve Forest near Arjunbania village under Kolimati Gram Panchayat in Anandapur Sunday. Led by environmentalist Trilochan Sahoo,...

Jagatsinghpur: All government and private schools, higher secondary schools and Anganwadi centres in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district will remain closed Monday (July 27) as authorities brace for heavy to very heavy rainfall, officials said. The order applies to all government, government-aided and privately managed elementary, secondary...

Bhubaneswar: A social media post of Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi's daughter Archita Sachin Rahar allegedly celebrating the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as the Union education minister has sparked resentment in the party rank and file in Odisha. Rahar, in an Instagram post, which had a...

Bhubaneswar/Bhadrak: As libraries across the country struggle to attract readers in the digital age, a modest institution in Bhadrak district tells a different story altogether. Built through the passion and perseverance of one man, Loknath Pathagara ‘o’ Sangrahalaya has evolved from a small village library...

Bhubaneswar: Active low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal-Odisha coast intensified monsoon activity across Odisha Sunday, prompting the Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red warning for six districts as heavy rainfall is expected to continue...

Baripada: Forest Department has intensified wildlife protection measures across the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in view of the monsoon season by establishing 214 anti-poaching camps and deploying around 1,000 trained protection personnel, a senior official said Saturday. Similipal Tiger Reserve Field Director and Regional Chief...

Gunupur: Three people, including an Odissi dance instructor, died after the scooter they were riding allegedly suffered brake failure and crashed into an electricity pole while they were returning from the Rameswar Shaivite shrine at Shefali Hills in Rayagada district late Friday. The deceased were...

Athamallik: Raja Pradeep Chandra Deo, the former ruler of Athamallik royal estate in Anugola district, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Saturday morning. He was 86. Deo died at about 7:30 am, family members said. News of his death prompted an outpouring of...

Banai: Continuous rainfall over the past two days inundated Koida area in Banai subdivision Saturday. Residents awoke to wide spread flooding as roads and culverts were submerged under fast-flowing water. As water levels continued to rise, floodwaters entered more than 50 homes in Koida block...