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Jagdalpur/Sundargarh: Less than 48 hours after writing her Class XII board examinations, the 17-year-old Alish Ekka found herself on the podium with a silver medal around her neck at the Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026 in Chhattisgarh. For the teenager from a nondescript Santoshpur...

Bhubaneswar: BJD and the Congress Friday opposed the Railway Board's decision to exclude the Palasa-Ichchapuram section from ECoR jurisdiction and demanded a rollback of the move. The decision has also not been welcomed by a section of leaders of the ruling BJP. The Palasa-Ichchapuram section...

Sambalpur: Sambalpur police have arrested two Excise Department staff members, including a retired Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), for allegedly embezzling over Rs 3.67 crore in government funds from 2022 to 2025, an official said Friday. The accused persons arrested in the fraud case have been identified...

Nayagarh: Six people were critically injured in a powerful explosion during firecracker manufacturing in the Nuagaon police station area of Odisha’s Nayagarh district Friday. Police and fire services personnel rushed to the spot, rescued the injured and admitted them to the Nayagarh District Headquarters Hospital....

Rourkela: Concerns are mounting over delays in Rourkela’s sewerage project, with untreated wastewater reportedly flowing directly into rivers and polluting key water sources, including the Koel River. Launched January 9, 2017, the project aimed to ensure proper drainage and effective treatment of wastewater before its...

Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) and Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) have signed a significant land leasing agreement for a Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate project at Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district. The ambitious project, designed as a 2000 tonnes-per-day (TPD) Ammonium Nitrate facility, marks a historic...

Keonjhar: Odia teachers working to preserve the language in remote areas of neighbouring Jharkhand continue without salaries, allegedly due to apathy by the Odisha government. With the Jharkhand government not recruiting Odia teachers, many are engaged through Utkal Sammilani and receive a monthly honorarium of...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to personally intervene in upgrading key road infrastructure in Angul district to strengthen coal transportation and support industrial growth. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Pradhan proposed the widening of the...

Keonjhar: Forest officials have recovered the carcass of a tusker from Manikpur village in neighbouring Jharkhand, near the Joda border of Keonjhar district. Local residents spotted the animal’s body near a mango grove on the village outskirts Thursday morning and alerted the forest officials. Officials...

Koraput: A 13-yearold schoolgirl died during treatment after falling ill at a residential school hostel in Koraput district Thursday, with her family alleging negligence by school authorities. The deceased was identified as Subarna, daughter of Bhagaban Amanathya of Podapadar village. She was a student of...