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Kendujhar: Orissa High Court has issued notices to the Odisha government and district authorities in a writ petition concerning the alleged takeover of ancestral land for construction of the Bhadrasahi-Badabil-Nalda Road in Kendujhar district without due acquisition proceedings or payment of compensation. The petition was...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education Department, in a notification issued Monday, announced the schedule for elections to students’ unions and other student societies in state public universities, government degree colleges, and non-government aided degree colleges for the 2026–27 academic session. OP Pic...

Dhenkanal: Police have arrested five members of an inter-district robbery gang, including its alleged mastermind, in connection with the robbery of Rs 3.5 lakh from a Common Service Centre (CSC) in Kankadahad village under Sadar police limits in this district September 28. Police also recovered...

Brahmapur: Nine students were detained after two groups clashed at Khallikote Unitary University in Brahmapur Monday following the announcement of the schedule for student union elections, police said. After receiving information, Brahmapur Town police reached the university and detained nine students allegedly involved in the...

Boudh: Police in Boudh district have destroyed 83.79 tonnes of seized cannabis, valued at around Rs 419 crore, completing 100 per cent of the district’s disposal target under Operation Dahan, officials said. Of the total 83,790.155 kg destroyed in four phases, 71,131.555 kg was disposed...

Jajpur: Odisha police have registered two separate FIRs in connection with the attack on BJD leader Pranab Balabantray allegedly by supporters of Independent MLA Himanshu Sekha Sahoo October 4 night in Odisha's Jajpur district, an officer said Monday. While one complaint has been received from...

Brahmapur: Drug inspectors in Odisha's Ganjam district have been directed to take stringent action against the sale of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits and other abortion pills without prescriptions, officials said Monday. The move is aimed at protecting women's health, curbing illegal abortions and...

Bhubaneswar/Dhenkanal: Odisha Monday paid tributes to martyr Baji Rout, who sacrificed his life fighting against the British at the age of 12 in Dhenkanal district, on his birth anniversary, with Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi remembering his indomitable courage and...

Bhubaneswar: Following the announcement of students' union elections in Odisha, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj Monday appealed to students to participate in the campus polls as part of student democracy, while ensuring free and fair participation without resorting to violence. “Look, my earnest appeal to...

Kendrapada: A tattoo in Odia script on her hand helped establish the identity of a 70-year-old woman who had been separated from her family for decades, and reunite her with her relatives in Odisha's Kendrapada district. Pramila Malik, a resident of Baluria village, was traced...