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By NILADRI BIHARI DANDPAT, OP Baripada: A new species of scorpion has been discovered in the biodiversity-rich Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district, marking the first recorded presence of the Liocheles genus in Odisha. Named ‘Liocheles Similipalensis ’, the species was discovered through a...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has asked the Odisha government and the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to explore the feasibility of holding a special examination for candidates who were genuinely prevented from appearing in the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) Main Examination, 2025, due to...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Five more bodies were recovered from a landslide-affected hilltop village in Odisha's Ganjam district Thursday, taking the toll there to seven, while six more people are still missing, an official said. These people were victims of Cyclone Arnab that hit the state October 28....

Baripada: The Odisha Forest Department has arrested a man after recovering wild animal body parts, including elephant tusks and deer antlers, from his house in Mayurbhanj district, officials said Thursday. The house owner, who was arrested, has been identified as Ishwar Bindhani of Bishol village...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday accused BJP MLA Saroj Padhi of disrupting flood relief distribution and threatening to kill a government official on duty, demanding an impartial investigation and strict legal action against the legislator if found guilty. Addressing a press conference at...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Two more bodies were recovered from a landslide-affected hilltop village in Odisha's Ganjam district Thursday, taking the toll there to four while nine more people are still missing, an official said. The two decomposed bodies were found during the multi-agency search and rescue operation...

Koraput: More than 30 people from the Kotia region of Odisha's Koraput district cast their votes at a polling booth in Andhra Pradesh's Sariki village by 9 am as the rural polls for the neighbouring state went underway Thursday. A day earlier, Odisha police sealed...

SIBA PRASAD MOHANTY, OP Kaima: Despite repeated government assurances of quality education for all, the plight of Government Primary School at Dihanarsinghpur in Patunia gram panchayat under Dharmasala block of Jajpur district exposes the grim reality of infrastructure deficiencies in rural schools. Established on January...

Baripada: A Class X student residing at a government-run residential girls’ school in Dhanpur under Betnoti block of Mayurbhanj district has given birth to a baby boy at Pandit Raghunath Murmu (PRM) Medical College and Hospital in Baripada, triggering serious concerns over student safety and...

Mahakalapada: Illegal firecracker manufacturing units have allegedly been operating in Mahakalapada block of Kendrapada district for years, raising serious concerns over public safety and alleged administrative inaction. Despite safety requirements and the need for permissions from the tehsil office, fire services, district administration and local...