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Baripada: A petition has been filed before the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) eastern bench in Kolkata alleging large-scale illegal tree felling in Baripada’s Jubilee Park and Jhinjiri pond area under a Rs 28-crore beautification project, raising serious environmental concerns and triggering public outcry. The plea,...

Mohana: The headmaster of a government school in Gajapati district has been suspended following the death of two schoolgirls in a gate collapse, officials said Friday. The action comes after Wednesday’s incident at Rubudising Government Upper Primary School under Nuagada block in the R Udayagiri...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Rourkela April 21, where she will inaugurate several major development projects and address a public gathering. Official sources said that during her visit, the President will inaugurate the Integrated Command and Control Centre building, a Science Park...

Boinda: An elderly woman was allegedly hacked to death by her husband following a domestic dispute in Angul district, police said Friday. The accused, identified as 76-year-old Chakradhar Dehuri of Gadeimunda village under Handapa police limits in Kishorenagar block, was arrested and produced before a...

Bolangir: Bolangir district administration Friday ordered closure of schools and educational institutions from April 18 to April 21 in view of the prevailing heatwave and rising temperatures across the district. The order was issued by the Office of the Collector and District Magistrate following a...

Hatadihi: Irregularities have surfaced in the Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) programme, with works reportedly executed without prior project approval or budget allocation, even as the scheme faces an acute staff shortage across four districts. Despite the government allocating crores of rupees under...

Kendrapara/Rajnagar: Bhitarkanika National Park and the adjoining Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary will remain closed for tourists and local visitors from May 1 to July 31 to facilitate the breeding and nesting of estuarine (saltwater) crocodiles. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Mangrove Forest Division (Wildlife), Rajnagar,...

Bargarh: Police seized 960 bottles of cough syrup and arrested seven persons during a surprise raid at a football ground here, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off about an illegal cough syrup trade at Behera football ground, a team from Bargarh Sadar police station...

Bhubaneswar: Severe heatwave conditions scorched Odisha Thursday, with the mercury crossing 40 degrees Celsius at 12 places, according to the IMD. Titlagarh town in Bolangir district recorded a maximum temperature of 43.7 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest place in the state for the day....

Baripada: Forest department officers arrested a poacher along with a country-made gun inside the Similipal tiger reserve (STR) in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, an official said Thursday. The arrested accused is a resident of Kulian area in the district. During a routine patrol inside the Balidiha...