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NARENDRA RAUT, OP Koraput: Koraput Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Thursday witnessed a moment of pride as teacher Tarun Kumar Das was felicitated by the school authorities and students after he was chosen to receive the National Teacher Award 2025. Das will receive the prestigious award from...

Rajnagar: Bhitarkanika National Park will conduct a three-day monsoon bird census from August 30 at three locations within the park. Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Manas Kumar Das said the enumeration will be carried out at Mathadia, Laxmiprasad Dia, and Durgaprasad Dia. Two seven-member forest...

Bhubaneswar: A 48-year-old man, a lawyer by profession, died reportedly after setting himself on fire in Pandara area under Mancheswar police limits in the City Thursday. The deceased, identified as Deepak Kumar Sahoo, had been residing with his mother, wife, daughter and son at a...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police in Odisha Thursday arrested a 42-year-old YouTuber and motivational speaker in connection with a burglary case, informed Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh. The accused was identified as Manoj Kumar Singh of Khajuripada, in the Baideswar area of Cuttack district. Singh...

Bhubaneswar: In a step towards advancing mental healthcare, a state-of-the-art centre for neuromodulation services was inaugurated at AIIMS Bhubaneswar here Thursday. The facility, which was opened in the department of psychiatry of AIIMS, aims to bring renewed hope to patients suffering from drug-resistant and difficult-to-treat...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the two-day National Conference of Chairpersons of Committees on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Bhubaneswar Friday, Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has said. Padhy said this is the first time the conference is...

Ganjam: One person was missing after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal near the Ganjam coast in Odisha in the early hours of Thursday, police said. Seven fishermen from the Chhatrapur area were in the boat, and six of them managed to...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of 'Nuakhai', an agrarian festival mostly celebrated in the western parts of the state. 'Nuakhai', which...

Sonepur: The pace of development in Subarnapur district has failed to gain momentum, with several projects remaining incomplete even after decades. The situation has triggered public debate about the district’s growth trajectory. One of the most awaited projects was the construction of a ring road...

Jajpur: Former Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei has urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to take immediate steps to reopen the Mideast Integrated Steels Limited (MISL) plant at the Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur district. In a letter to the Chief Minister Tuesday, Ghadei...