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Forester injured in bear attack while dousing fire

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...

Road accident

Truck runs over teen in cement factory

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...

Shock Free Zone

2km radius around Debrigarh Sanctury declared shock free

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...

New roundworm species found in Odisha, named after ZSI chief

 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...

Pradhan bats for tourism circuit in Sambalpur district

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...

Explosion

Four injured while making crackers in Odisha’s Jajpur

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...

Saffron colour for Odisha schools

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...

 

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Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has proposed what is being interpreted as a seismic shift in his country’s government spending that...

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