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Baleshwar: An elderly tourist from Uttar Pradesh drowned while taking bath in the Subarnarekha river in Odisha's Baleshwar district Saturday, police said. In another incident, two minors hailing from Baleshwar went missing while having a bath in the same river near Sekhbadi area, they said....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is moving beyond conventional rice production towards a value-driven and farmer-centric rice economy, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said Saturday. This will play a key role in meeting future food security needs, he said at the 'Odisha Healthier Rice Business Summit...

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: A study has found that Olive Ridley turtles, which congregate in lakhs for annual nesting on the Odisha coast, showed distinct movement and habitat use patterns between males and females. This was part of the first-year findings of a three-year study by the Wildlife...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday launched the 'Odisha Tourism Investment Incentive Management System' and a new 'Odisha Tourism Portal' to facilitate investors and called for transforming the state into a global tourism destination. Inaugurating the seventh edition of the 'Odisha Travel Bazaar' in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor and Chancellor of Universities Hari Babu Kambhampati Saturday asked vice-chancellors of state universities to initiate the recruitment process for vacant teaching posts by the first week of November and complete it by the end of the month. Governor issued such direction at...

Baleshwar: A tourist from Uttar Pradesh drowned while taking a bath in the Subarnarekha River near Rajghat under Basta police limits in Baleshwar district Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ashok Pathak of Uttar Pradesh. He had come to the area with his family for...

CHINMAYA KUMAR SETHI, OP G Udayagiri: Ageing infrastructure at the 90-year old Hubback High School in G Udayagiri of Kandhamal district has pushed parents into constant anxiety as their children study in classrooms riddled with cracks. With the old structure lacking concrete pillars and nine...

Raurkela: Researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Department of Life Science at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Chemistry at IISER Berhampur, have developed a novel cotarnine-derived formulation with potential applications in oral cancer treatment....

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has achieved a major engineering breakthrough with the successful excavation of the 829-metre Tunnel No. 41-41A between Borra Guhalu and Karakavalasa stations in Rayagada Division, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing Kottavalasa-Koraput Doubling Project. The breakthrough was achieved...

Kendujhar: Clash between two groups of students has triggered student unrest at the hostel of Odisha School of Mining Engineering in Kendujhar after a second-year student was allegedly assaulted by a third-year student. Police reached the spot Friday, brought the situation under control and launched...