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Bhubaneswar: The ‘Save Sainik School, Remove Gadakana Garbage Dump’ campaign has announced an awareness rally December 2, marking National Pollution Control Day. The rally will be held demanding the immediate shutdown of the long-running garbage dumping yard at Gadakana. The decision was taken at a...

Keonjhar: Tension flared at the Keonjhar district headquarters hospital (DHH) following the death of a woman after childbirth allegedly due to medical negligence in the maternity ward. Family members of the deceased, supported by local residents, staged a protest Sunday demanding strict action against the...

Nilagiri: At a time when back-to-back elephant deaths in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary under Balasore district have raised serious concern, forest officials Sunday morning discovered yet another elephant carcass in a highly decomposed state after a gap of barely a month. According to officials, forest personnel...

Bhubaneswar: Reiterating the government’s vision of “Viksit Odisha, Viksit Bharat,” Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said Odisha aims to become the MSME gateway of Eastern India. He was speaking at the Odisha Industrial Conclave 2025, organised by Laghu Udyog Bharati here at the Railway...

Bhubaneswar: The state government is seriously considering bringing a separate cow-protection law to shut down illegal slaughterhouses and cow smuggling, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichadan said Saturday, adding that a clear picture in this regard is likely to emerge in the next Assembly session. After holding...

Cuttack: With an aim to promote quality seed availability, strengthen potato production, and support farmers with improved planting material for the upcoming Rabi season, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo distributed certified seed potato to farmers, under the scheme ‘Development of Potato, Vegetable &...

Bhadrak: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal in Odisha suffered a setback in Bhadrak district after three block chairpersons resigned from the party, a BJD functionary said Sunday. Banta block chairperson Manoranjan Ghadei, Urmila Nayak of Bhadrak and Bhandaripokhari's Sumati Sethi have resigned from the BJD...

Ranchi: India survived a scare and sailed past South Africa in a closely-fought encounter to grab a 17-run victory in the first ODI and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. It was a tough battle...

Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Sunday said it will join other Opposition parties to demand a detailed discussion on electoral transparency in the Winter Session of the Parliament. The Winter Session, which will begin Monday, will conclude December 19. This Winter Session has 15 sittings,...

Bhubaneswar: Trouble mounted for social media influencer Subhankar Mishra, as a senior servitor of the 12th-century Jagannath Temple, Puri, Sunday filed a police complaint, accusing him of hurting the sentiments of Lord Jagannath's devotees. In his complaint, Gourahari Pradhan alleged, "For the past few days,...