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By Harshabardhan Behera, OP Jajpur: Poor sanitation and inadequate infrastructure have left students of Khandahata Government Primary School in Ward 26 of Byasanagar Municipality in Jajpur district studying in an unhealthy and unsafe environment, with parents expressing concern over the lack of basic facilities at...

Bhubaneswar: Major irregularities have been detected in the implementation of minor irrigation (MI) projects in Odisha, with several projects being abandoned midway and crores of rupees rendered unfruitful, according to a report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The report, tabled in the...

Brahmapur: Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Gopalpur, have identified a new species of fish, Bathymyrus perplexus, from the coastal waters off Paradip. The species was first collected from the Paradip coast in 2021. Between 2021 and 2025, researchers recorded 32 specimens from...

Bhubaneswar: Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) and Nabanirman Yuva Chhatra Sangathan (NYCS) have called for a 12-hour Odisha bandh Wednesday from 6am to 6pm, urging shops and markets to remain closed and vehicles to stay off the roads during the period. The organisation said the...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report from the Mayurbhanj District Magistrate on alleged illegal stone quarrying in the foothills of Similipal National Park, including areas near Saratchandrapur and Bankasahi villages. In an order dated September 28, the NHRC...

Patana: A 42-year-old businessman, whose wife is a police constable, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Bhimapada forest on the Kendeiposi-Patana road. The incident took place late Monday night. Sources said the suspected robbers also attacked him with sharp-edged weapons and fled with his...

Baripada: A POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for kidnapping and raping a girl in October last year. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict Ashok Kumar Raul, alias...

Kendrapada: Odisha's forest department officials Tuesday seized two seaworthy fishing trawlers and apprehended 19 people for fishing illegally inside the Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary in Kendrapara district, an official said. The action was taken during routine patrolling by the Gahirmatha Wildlife Range staff, when the...

Sidhi: In a daring daytime attack, miscreants arriving in multiple vehicles surrounded an Odisha Police team in the Chhuhiya Valley of Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, Tuesday and freed an NDPS accused from custody after opening fire and assaulting the officers. The incident occurred in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s bamboo sector has earned national recognition, with a bamboo farmer from Mayurbhanj district receiving the PRAMAAN Certificate under the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS). The certification, awarded under the Trees Outside Forests Management and Chain of Custody (TOFM-CoC) scope, covers 14.03...