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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday launched a 15-day awareness campaign, Aaingata Safei, Surakhita Safei Abhiyan (Legal Sanitation, Safe Sanitation), to enhance efforts for the safety, dignity, and recognition of sanitation workers. The August 15–31 campaign seeks to reinforce the ‘GARIMA’ programme, ensuring sanitation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress launched a door-to-door ‘Stop Vote Chori’ campaign Saturday to educate voters about their rolls and raise awareness about alleged discrepancies in the voting process. At a press conference at Congress Bhawan here, state Youth Congress president Ranjit Patra, former Lok...

Rayagada: A 40-year-old man was allegedly killed by fellow villagers on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Burusubadi village under Badaalubadi panchayat and Seskhal police limits of Rayagada district, police said Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ramarao Jilakara, 40, of Burusubadi. According to police, a...

Sambalpur: The ‘lagna’ or auspicious moment for Nuakhai, the main agrarian festival of western Odisha, was fixed Saturday. According to calculations by scholars and astrologers, this year the festival will be celebrated Thursday, August 28, on the fifth day (Panchami) of the lunar fortnight (Shukla...

Semiliguda: Normal life in Semiliguda of Koraput district is facing severe disruption due to persistent congestion of the road caused by unregulated parking outside major shopping malls, sources said Saturday. People visiting major shopping malls in the town are parking their vehicles in front of...

Bhawanipatna: An elderly man was brutally killed Saturday at Cheramuhul village under Talajaring panchayat and Junagarh police limits in Kalahandi district following an argument over palm reading, police said. The victim was identified as Rath Kandapan, 60, of Talajaring. Police said Kandapan had gone to...

Boinda: A woman was allegedly humiliated and paraded with a garland of slippers around her neck Thursday in a village under Handapa police limits of Kishorenagar block in Angul district after failing to repay a loan taken from the village fund, police said Saturday. On...

Phulbani: A former headmaster of a primary school in Kandhamal district has been sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Rs 50,000 for misappropriating government money. The Special Vigilance Judge, Phulbani, Saturday sentenced Subash Chandra Nayak, former headmaster-cum-secretary of Rangapaju UP School...

Bhubaneswar: A robust monitoring and evaluation system is needed to ensure the effective implementation of the Take-Home-Ration (THR) scheme, aimed at preventing malnutrition in the state, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said here Saturday. Reviewing various programmes of the Women and Child Development (W&CD) department...

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education (S&ME) department has launched a state-wide initiative titled ‘Aasa School Jiba’ (Let us go to school) to curb the problem of school dropouts during the 2025–26 academic year. As part of the campaign, special meetings involving parents, teachers, and...