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Bhawanipatna: In an effort to raise awareness of malaria prevention among vulnerable communities, Vedanta Aluminium conducted a large-scale campaign in tribal-dominated Kalahandi district to mark World Malaria Day. The anti-malaria awareness drive focused on the villages of Nakrundi and Gunpur, along with other remote areas....

Bhawanipatna: Police Saturday recovered the bodies of a man and a girl hanging from a tree in Kalahandi district. The bodies of a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were found hanging from a tree at Kaodala village under Ampani police station area of the...

Nishchintakoili: In a tragic incident, two toddlers drowned in a pond at Ramakrushnapur village under this block in Cuttack district Saturday. The victims were identified as Kameshwar, 2, son of Dilip Kumar Sahu of Ramakrushnapur village under Nishchintakoili block, and Bhagyalaxmi, 3, daughter of Ballabh...

Puri: In the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, the state government has strengthened security at the Srimandir, one of Hinduism’s four sacred Dhams. As part of the enhanced measures, one commandant, two deputy commandants, and three assistant commandants have been deployed...

Bhubaneswar: The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) Saturday alleged irregularities in the faculty recruitment process at Biju Patnaik College of Science & Education (BPCSE) here. During a press meet, Odisha NSUI in-charge Chunnu Singh, Congress leader Shah Rukh Khan, and NSUI state president Udit...

Bhubaneswar: Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra visited the cutting-edge waste-to-energy plant at Okhla Saturday, managed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The plant processes approximately 2,000 metric tons (MT) of municipal solid waste daily and generates around 23 megawatts (MW) of...

Bhubaneswar: Emphasising the critical link between animal health, environmental protection, and human well-being, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (F&ARD) department Principal Secretary Suresh Kumar Vashishth said, “One Planet, One Health” is the need of the hour. He was speaking as the chief guest at the...

Bhubaneswar: The state continued to reel under extreme hot and humid conditions as 14 places recorded temperatures at or above 40 degrees Celsius, even as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of thundershowers in several districts Sunday. According to IMD’s Saturday evening bulletin, Jharsuguda remained...

Bhubaneswar: In an unusual show of unity, the activists of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have been staging a hunger strike on Utkal University premises here, raising the demand for ensuring students’ safety on the varsity campus, though they...

Bhubaneswar: Bharatpur police Saturday arrested a 21-year-old miscreant for allegedly breaking into the house of a woman at Pandakudia slum cluster and decamping with ornaments and valuables worth over lakhs Friday evening. The accused was identified as Niranjan Das of the same slum. “He is...