State

Bhanjanagar: A forester was seriously injured in a bear attack while trying to douse a fire in Tarasingh range of the North Ghumusar forest division late Friday night. The injured forester, Kala Badan Das, was admitted to Bhanjanagar Hospital in critical condition. As his condition...

Jajpur: A teenager was killed in a truck accident at the Ramco Cement Factory near Haridaspur in Jajpur district Friday morning at 9:30am, police said Saturday. The deceased, identified as Madhab Das, 17, son of Gopinath Das of Shyamsundarpur village under Jenapur police limits, was...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Two kilometer zone around the Debrigarh Sanctuary (DS) has been declared as ‘Shock Free Zone’ and ‘Zero Electrocution Zone’, jointly by eco development committee (EDC) of surrounding villages and forest department. The sanctuary area is surrounded by 68 villages, with population...

 Keonjhar: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) said that a group of scientists associated with it discovered a species of soil-dwelling roundworm in the Keonjhar district of Odisha. The species, Crassolabium dhritiae, is named after ZSI Director Dr Dhriti Banerjee in recognition of her outstanding...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested his colleague Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to set up a dedicated tourism circuit encompassing Debrigarh, Bhimamandali and Hirakud. Pradhan, the Lok Sabha MP from Sambalpur, also sought Shekhawat’s help in engaging the Archaeological...

Paradip: A fire broke out at the Nehru Bangla Fishing Harbour in Odisha's Paradip Thursday, police said. Though there were no reports of any fatality so far, 12 large boats and over five engine-powered indigenous boats were completely gutted in the blaze, the cause of...

Kendrapara: A man, who had allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl last year in Odisha's Kendrapara district and was on the run since then, has been arrested, police said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the accused, 25, was nabbed from his house Wednesday night. He was...

Jajpur: At least four persons, including two minor boys, sustained serious injuries in an explosion at an illegal cracker manufacturing unit in Odisha's Jajpur district Thursday, police said. The incident took place at Jalpur village under Jajpur Town police station limits. The injured persons were...

Kendrapara: The mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles has commenced at Gahirmatha beach in Odisha's Kendrapara district, a senior forest official said Thursday. Odisha's Chief Wildlife Warden Prem Kumar Jha, in a post on X, said, "Olive Ridley 'arribada' has commenced at Gahirmatha, the world's...

Bhubaneswar: The Chief Minister Mohan Majhi-led Odisha government has approved a new colour code for government schools in the state and directed all District Collectors to implement the changes. The transformation will also extend to PM Shri Schools, which will see a shift from their...