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Raurkela: Researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Department of Life Science at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Chemistry at IISER Berhampur, have developed a novel cotarnine-derived formulation with potential applications in oral cancer treatment....

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has achieved a major engineering breakthrough with the successful excavation of the 829-metre Tunnel No. 41-41A between Borra Guhalu and Karakavalasa stations in Rayagada Division, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing Kottavalasa-Koraput Doubling Project. The breakthrough was achieved...

Kendujhar: Clash between two groups of students has triggered student unrest at the hostel of Odisha School of Mining Engineering in Kendujhar after a second-year student was allegedly assaulted by a third-year student. Police reached the spot Friday, brought the situation under control and launched...

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...