Bhubaneswar: World-renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder and Life President of The Art of Living Foundation and Sri Sri University, will undertake a five-day visit to Odisha from November 6 to 10. The state government has accorded him the status of...
Bhubaneswar: The Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway (ECoR) has once again emerged as the top-performing division in overall traffic handling, achieving an impressive 183 million tonnes of freight movement up to October 2025. The division handled 101 million tonnes of loading and 82...
Bhubaneswar: In a pioneering effort, AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has initiated research into the toxicological effects of cycad plants in Odisha, following alarming findings of the neurotoxin BMAA ( -N-methylamino-L-alanine) in local cycad species. This comes as certain communities continue ancestral consumption of cycad products, such as ‘pitha’,...
Bhubaneswar: In a strongly-worded letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Odisha State Government, the youth-led organisation Youth United for Sustainable Environment has raised serious concerns over unregulated construction, tree felling, borewell digging, and plastic waste dumping within the...
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police recovered a leopard skin and arrested three persons in connection with the incident in Jaydev Vihar area here, police said Monday. The accused were identified as Rohit Mohapatra, 26, Manjit Sabat, 21, and Sambhu Bisoy, 23, they said. Acting on intelligence...
Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Monday launched a special two-month Raj Bhavan initiative at Capital Girls’ High School, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar, by distributing beetroot-carrot juice and peanut chikki to students to promote healthy dietary habits and combat anaemia. Under this initiative, the students of the school...
Dhenkanal: Dhenkanal District Bar Association Monday vehemently opposed what it described as arbitrary functioning and consumer exploitation policies of Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL). The association also staged a protest against the company’s alleged coercive practices. At a presser held at the bar...
Bhubaneswar: The Union government has released the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) grants for rural local bodies (RLBs) in Odisha for the financial year 2025–26, totalling over Rs 444 crore. The release includes the second instalment of Untied Grants amounting to Rs 342.60 crore, benefiting...
Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate conducted coordinated searches across Odisha, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Punjab Monday, seizing incriminating documents during an investigation into a Rs 73 crore bank loan fraud involving a private company. During the search operations by ED's Bhubaneswar zonal unit, various incriminating documents and documents...
Berhampur: Two women drowned in a river in Odisha's Ganjam district Monday, police said. The incident happened at Sevak Tikarapada in Digapahandi block, they said. The deceased were identified as Lalita Padhy (64) and Sabita Gouda (40), they added. The bodies were fished out of...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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