Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Saturday greeted the people of Odisha as the three-day Raja festival began across the state. The state welcomes the Raja festival every year as a mark...
Berhampur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday arrested a senior official of EPFO Regional Office in Berhampur while he was accepting a bribe, an official said. The accused official worked at the Regional Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Office in Berhampur as a senior...
Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: The diarrhoea toll in Odisha's Jajpur district rose to five with one more person succumbing to the disease, an official said Saturday. The Jajpur district administration has cancelled Raja festival holidays for government officials as fresh cases were reported from three different places. "In...
Rourkela: A CRPF official was killed in a blast during an anti-Naxal operation at the Odisha-Jharkhand border Saturday morning, officials said. ASI Satyaban Kumar Singh (34) of 134th CRPF battalion, who hailed from Kushinagar in UP, was part of a team that was searching the...
Bolangir: The much-anticipated Lower Suktel Irrigation Project in Bolangir district was inaugurated with much fanfare in the run-up to the general elections last year. At the time, large-scale displacement occurred across 29 project-affected villages, with many residents being forced to relocate without adequate resettlement provisions....
Sonepur: Mukunda Rana, 60, a terracotta artist from Kuhibahal village in Binika block of Subarnapur district, has earned national recognition for his lifelong dedication to the ancient clay craft. Popularly known as the ‘Wizard of Clay’, Rana has trained thousands of artisans across Odisha and...
Digapahandi: A tuition teacher has been sent to jail in connection with the suicide of a minor girl studying Plus II first year at a junior college under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district. The accused, S Sanatan Reddy, was arrested Friday by Sub-Inspector Sofia Mishra...
Keonjhar: Four people, including a couple, were killed in separate elephant attacks in Keonjhar district and forest division Friday, officials said. The victims were identified as Ranjit Munda, 69, of Badhunidhara under the Janghira range, and Rina Munda, 40, and Santosh Munda, 45, of Kendudihi...
Bhubaneswar: Magsaysay Award winner Rajendra Singh, also known as the ‘waterman of India’ Friday made a strong pitch for the protection of rivers by saying that many rivers are in a grave condition and nearing extinction in Odisha. He was addressing the Odisha River Protection...
RESHMI YADAV, OP Bhubaneswar: With the arrival of ‘Raja’— a three-day-long unique festival that celebrates menstruation, fertility, and womanhood, Odisha decks up in vibrant colours, swings, alata-adorned feet, and the sweet aroma of poda pitha, symbolic and distinct to the celebration of the festival. Yet,...
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