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Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Thursday lauded the state's achievement in recording the highest retention rate among students of four states enrolled under the Right to Education (RTE) Act during the previous BJD regime in 2023-24. The BJD president in a...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to enhance the subsidy provided for registration of electric two-wheelers from the existing Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 to boost the segment, an official said Thursday. The government has incorporated this provision under its new draft Electric Vehicle Policy-2025,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will establish the state's first mud crab hatchery in Paradip at an investment of Rs 2.31 crore, a minister said. The hatchery, which will have a production capacity of 5,00,000 seed units, will fulfil a long-standing demand of fishermen, Forest, Environment...

Ganjam: At a time when several villages along Kendrapara coast are facing the wrath of the surging sea waves of Bay of Bengal, reports Wednesday said that the tidal ingress is eroding vast stretches along Ganjam coast, triggering panic among the locals. Large portions of...

Nayagarh: The daring and perilous Bamboo Queen Game (Baunsharani Khela), once a vibrant folk art and a mark of cultural pride, has faded into history after the death of its renowned director, Purnachandra Das. The art form, with roots in Nathiapalli village under Kurala panchayat...

Keonjhar: Vigilance officials Wednesday arrested a junior clerk of a school in Keonjhar district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a retired peon. The accused was identified as Rupchand Nayak of Nicholson Forest School in Champua. Nayak was caught red-handed while taking...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Head injuries led to the death of at least 1,696 two-wheeler users in Odisha last year, all of whom were not using helmets while on road, according to data released by the Commerce and Transport (C&T) department Wednesday. According to the C&T department, the...

Malkangiri: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Wednesday visited a remote Bonda tribal hamlet in Malkangiri district and interacted with its residents, an official statement said. He asked the district administration to provide enhanced assistance to particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) such as Bonda and Didayi...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Bhubaneswar for kidnapping a man. Additional Sessions Judge Himanshu Sekhar Mallik also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the two convicts, Raghunatha Moharana and Kalu Charan Moharana. They were held...

Jajpur: A day after a former Odisha MP and an ex-minister quit BJD and formed a separate platform, nearly 70 pancahyati raj institution-level leaders in Jajpur district Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of its state president Manmohan Samal. The Dharmasala unit of the...