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Kashinagar: A severe staff shortage and crumbling infrastructure at the Kashinagar Community Health Centre (CHC) in Gajapati district have laid bare the gaps in state health services. With local facilities falling short, patients are routinely compelled to seek treatment in nearby districts or across the...

Athagada: Fresh rainfall triggered by a low-pressure system has once again raised the water levels of Sapua and Kantia rivers, disrupting road connectivity and inundating vast stretches of farmland in Kataka district. Floodwaters flowing over the Puruna Kataka-Sambalpur road near Dhaurang bridge have snapped communication....

Kendrapada: Tucked away at Habeli (Pati Sahi), about 12 km from Kendrapada town and 1.5 km from Indupur market, stands a nearly 300-year-old Shri Jagannath Temple that continues to preserve unique traditions and historical mysteries. Home to the Chaturdha Murti of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra,...

Phulbani: A young artist from Kandhamala district has claimed to have created the world’s smallest Rath, using mustard seeds to recreate the three chariots for the annual Rath Yatra. N. Pratyush Kumar Choudhury, a resident of Nadikhandisahi in Phulbani town, crafted a 1.5-cm-high Nandighosha, a...

Hatadihi: Incessant rain has led to the collapse of Banchha bridge near Balibarei village in Hatadihi block. The bridge collapse has cut off Bidyadharpur-Mahulapankha road, an important route linking Kendujhar with Baleshwar, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj districts. The bridge was built in 1970 and had remained...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Wednesday strongly criticised the Odisha BJP government over alleged scarcity of fertiliser during the ongoing Kharif season, which has pushed lakhs of farmers into severe distress. The BJD also alleged that there was rampant black marketing of fertiliser in the state and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police Wednesday served notice to ex-bureaucrat turned politician VK Pandian to appear before the ACP on July 25 in connection with its probe into the alleged disappearance of two inquiry commission reports from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) during the previous BJD government's...

Thuamul Rampur(Kalahandi): Odisha Vigilance Wednesday arrested the principal of a government school for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a self-help group (SHG) functionary to clear pending bills for cleaning work, officials said. Sitakanta Rana, principal of Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV),...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday termed the alleged police action against students and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi as "shocking" and reiterated his party's demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak issue. Responding...

Bhadrak: It was a three-year ordeal for an Odisha boy with no name or family to become Subham and finally Sai Vijayanath. The eight-year-old was found at an Odisha railway station sitting by a transgender person with no clue to his identity, family or hometown....