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Bhubaneswar: With Odisha reporting around 16 suic*de deaths every day, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said self-destruction is not the solution to problems and one should love life. Majhi gave the message on the occasion of World Suic*de Prevention Day, as the state government...

Rajnagar: Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district has reestablished itself as a congenial habitat of resident water birds, maintaining a stable nesting population of winged species, a senior official said Tuesday. Official statistics of the annual colonial bird census released Tuesday pegged their population at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has released the draft Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2025, setting a roadmap to accelerate green mobility and make the state a national leader in sustainable transportation. The draft policy aims to achieve 50 per cent electric vehicle adoption in new registrations by...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: As the world observes World Su*cide Prevention Day Wednesday (Sept 10) with the theme “Changing the Narrative”, Odisha faces a sobering mental health crisis. Rising student suicides and recent high-profile tragedies have intensified calls for compassionate action, policy reform, and...

Phulbani: The scourge of ragging continues unabated, despite being outlawed and having severe consequences, even as a group of six to seven students at Dinarsingh Memorial Government Higher Secondary School, Boida under Phulbani block of Kandhamal district brutally assaulted a Class-IX student, accusing him of...

Sunabeda: Under Bharatmala project, the Union government is constructing a highway from Raipur to Visakhapatnam at a cost of about Rs 16,000 crore. The project includes the construction of a six-lane road spanning nearly 465 km. Of this, 124 km of road has been built...

Bhanjanagar: Police Tuesday morning arrested a poacher and seized a country-made gun and two deer horns from his possession in Tarsingh area of Ganjam district. The accused has been identified as Sania Mallik of Budurupali village. Bhanjanagar SDPO Deepak Mishra disclosed the arrest at a...

Berhampur: Doctors at Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) Medical College and Hospital successfully performed a rare surgery, removing a 22-cm tooth stick lodged in an elderly woman’s food pipe. She is now reported to be stable. According to sources, 70-year-old Kamaraju Nayak of Natanga village...

Chhatrapur: Amidst the ongoing outcry over shortage and black-marketing of fertilisers, Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan assessed the availability and supply of fertilisers in the district Tuesday. At a review meeting here, the Collector ordered all the private retailers not to deviate from the government-approved...

By Narendra Raut, OP Koraput: In the wake of complaints from the farming community of Nandapur block in Koraput district about the shortage and black-marketing of urea fertiliser, local administration conducted a surprise inspection at multiple godowns Monday evening. Complaints have emerged that certain traders...