Bhubaneswar: Schools reopened Thursday in 20 of Odisha's 30 districts after a summer vacation of more than one-and-a-half months, while authorities extended the break in 10 districts due to prevailing heatwave conditions. Summer vacation has been extended till June 20 in Bolangir, Sonepur, Ganjam, Angul,...
Bhubaneswar: Southwest monsoon remains active over Odisha and is likely to cover the entire state within the next four to five days, according to Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Thursday. Under the combined influence of monsoon and Nor’Wester, rain activity is expected to...
Bhubaneshwar/Angul: Angul District Police in Odisha solved an armed robbery and kidnapping case within 12 hours of its occurrence, arresting four accused persons of a Maharashtra-based gang, including two who sustained bullet injuries during an exchange of fire with the cops at the wee hours...
Keonjhar: The Forest Department on Wednesday issued a notice to the regional manager of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) at Suakati for allegedly felling trees for a road construction project at Kad abandh Sahi near Uparjagar village under Bhuyan Juanga Pirha forest range in Keonjhar district....
Malkangiri: A truck carrying rice plunged into a river near Pangam village under Mathili police limits in Malkangiri district early Wednes day morning, resulting in the destruction of rice worth more than Rs 5 lakh. According to reports, the truck (AP 35 X 3619) was...
Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have developed a cost-effective ceramic adsorbent capable of removing harmful industrial dye from wastewater, offering a sustainable solution to water pollution. The research team from the Department of Ceramic Engineering, led by Associate Professor Sunipa...
Koraput: The Central Universi ty of Odisha (CUO) is planning to establish a Bamboo Resource and Development Centre in collaboration with Navsari Agricultural University (NAU), Gujarat, to promote sustainable livelihoods and entrepreneurship among tribal communities in Koraput district. The proposed centre aims to strengthen bamboo-based...
Thuamul Rampur: Residents of Tumonikhol village in Thuamul Rampur block in Kalahandi district have threatened to boycott future elections if their long-pending demand for an electricity connection is not met. The village, home to about 200 people from 45 families, continues to remain without electricity....
Chhatrapur: Ganjam district has digitised more than half of its voter enumeration forms, achieving a rate nearly 10 percentage points higher than the state average, officials said Tuesday. During a district-level review meeting, Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan said 15,81,563 enumeration forms, or 52.72 per...
Kendrapara/Mahakalapara: Tikhiri Sarpanch Chameli Ojha of Mahakalapara block in Kendrapara district has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging harass ment and seeking a high-level central judicial inquiry into the incident. The letter comes a day after Ojha wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent criticism of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was not merely an expression of frustration. It...
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India is being shown in such a poor light that it does not stand comparison on the question of a...
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