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Bhubaneswar: In a push to upgrade healthcare infrastructure, the Odisha government has announced an investment of nearly Rs 9,200 crore to transform four of the state's key medical institutions. The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has raised the minimum daily wages of workers by Rs 10, effective from April 1, an official said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved a proposal for the daily wage hike Tuesday, he said, adding that the decision will benefit lakhs of...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: In a significant but controversial shift under the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 and the newly-framed National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE), 2023, the NCERT has revised the Class VII history textbooks. Among the most debated changes is the...

Chikiti: A man was found dead with his throat slit near a pond alongside Dhanaghara-Maa Balakumari road under Chikiti outpost and K Nuagaon police station in Berhampur. The deceased was identified as Balaram Mahankuda, 35, a resident of Rampur village under Ramchandrapur panchayat. Following a...

Jajpur: The Jajpur district administration has initiated steps for establishment of the country’s fourth-largest underground oil storage facility, known as Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve (ISPR), at the foothills of Dankari hill in Dharmasala tehsil area. As part of this process, Jajpur Collector P Anvesha Reddy,...

Talcher: A 40-year-old man was crushed to death by a speeding Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) vehicle in Balandha area of Talcher Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sushant Sahu, a resident of Gurudwara area. Eyewitnesses claim that Sushant was on his way to...

Basudevpur: When people speak of library movement in Odisha, they often think of Nayagarh’s legendary Dasarathi Pattnaik, popularly known as ‘Dashia Ajaa’. But another figure from Basudevpur region of Bhadrak district, 59-year-old Bikash Kumar Satapathy, has quietly carved out a similar legacy. Satapathy, who runs...

Thakurmunda/Anandapur: A tusker was found dead near Salachua village under Karanjia forest division and Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district Tuesday morning. Though the cause of the death remains unclear, a special team arrived from Baripada in the afternoon to probe the incident. A post-mortem...

Berhampur: A delegation of the opposition BJD Tuesday met the family of the four-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Odisha's Ganjam district, and demanded stringent punishment for the accused. The girl was found dead at an under-construction building Sunday, according to the police....

Berhampur: The biennial Thakurani Yatra in Odisha's Berhampur concluded Tuesday with the idol of Goddess Budhi Thakurani being taken back to the temple dedicated to her in the morning. The festival began April 3. Thousands of people joined the return journey of the deity, which...