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Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced that birth centenary celebrations of freedom fighter Parbati Giri will be held next month. He also paid tributes to Giri, who hailed from Odisha, for her dedication to the freedom struggle and social reform. Modi mentioned Giri's name...

Jharsuguda: As many as 4,040 candidates Sunday appeared for the written examination to fill 102 vacant Home Guard posts in Odisha's Jharsuguda district, officials said. Despite the minimum educational qualification for the advertised post being Class-V pass, many graduates and post-graduates also reportedly appeared for...

Nayagarh: A women-led initiative to protect bamboo forests has transformed a once-degraded woodland into a thriving ecosystem in Baijhari forest under Duda panchayat of Dasapalla block in Nayagarh district, while also creating sustainable livelihoods for tribal and Dalit women. The protection of the Shinka bamboo...

Joda: Forest department officials seized three dumpers loaded with illegally mined manganese near Tiring hill area close to the Baitarani reserved forest under the Joda section of Keonjhar district late Friday night. A motorcycle was also seized during the operation. Forest officials said the estimated...

Chhatrapur: Two more Olive Ridley turtles, one male and another female, were satellite tagged in Rushikulya rookery, days after forest officials reinitiated the tracking of six of the rare turtle species in Gahirmatha. The forest offi cials said that the turtles were tagged to monitor...

Kendrapara: Forest officials arrested 17 marine fishermen and seized their seaworthy fishing trawler on the charge of illegally fishing within the turtle congregation zone in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, an official said Saturday. The fishing trawler, used by the intruders for fishing along the prohibited sanctuary...

Baripada: A 40-year-old assistant teacher at an upper primary school under Jharapokharia police limits of Mayurbhanj district was arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl student. The accused was identified as Manoranjan Majhi. Police registered a case (322/25) under the Protection of Children from...

Bhadrak: Congress Saturday blamed the wide circulation of drugs and liquor across Odisha as the major factor behind the rise in crimes against women and girls. This was stated by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das after meeting the family members of...

Rourkela: Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday launched several developmental projects worth Rs 215 crore in Odisha's Rourkela city. Pradhan, who was on a two-day visit, launched the projects at a function in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. He inaugurated the newly constructed...

Balasore: A 23-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in Odisha's Balasore district, police said Saturday. The deceased, Akash Mahanta of Mayurbhanj district, had checked into the hotel along with a man and a woman around 9 pm Thursday, they said....