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Bhubaneswar: Education has failed to strengthen the minds of students, said National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice V Ramasubramanian Friday. Delivering a talk at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here, he observed that most students today often say they are ‘getting...

Bhubaneswar: Cooperative societies have emerged as powerful instruments of social and economic transformation in India, offering financial inclusion, generating livelihoods, and empowering communities, said Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati. He said this while the celebration of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 held at New Abhisek...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of junior school teachers from across the state Friday staged a protest here demanding regularisation of their services and withdrawal of contractual appointment system. Holding posters and banners against the contractual appointment of junior teachers in schools, the teachers, including women, demonstrated at...

Bhubaneswar: As the total Covid-19 cases in Odisha reached 38, state health services director Amarendra Nath Mohanty advised people with symptoms for the infection not to visit Puri during the upcoming Rath Yatra later this month, official sources said Friday. “People with Covid-like symptoms should...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress (OPYC) has slammed Puri MP Sambit Patra for his controversial remarks alleging that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a ‘paid agent’ of Pakistan and China. Addressing a presser at Congress Bhawan Friday, OPYC president Ranjit Patra condemned Sambit's statements as...

Bhubaneswar: Agriculture department Secretary Arabinda Kumar Padhee called upon department officials to give boost to cultivation of Mandia (millet) - as a national crop - on more land in the coming days to make Odisha the hub of Shree Anna. To achieve the objective, Padhee,...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst reports regarding a spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, the Odisha government has intensified its monitoring and containment measures to ensure public health safety across the state, said an official here on Friday. Referring to latest data released by the Health Department,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha cabinet Friday decided to implement two new schemes for the development of biotechnology and to enhance urban infrastructure, and gave its nod to finalise a Rs 151-crore tender for the Chheligada multipurpose medium irrigation project in Gajapati district. These proposals were approved...

Bhubaneswar: The state-run Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) Friday signed an MoU with central enterprise Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) Ltd for project management for the upper Indravati pumped storage venture. The agreement was signed here in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Kanak...

Puri: Puri District Police Friday seized six firearms and arrested six members of a syndicate dealing in illegal arms smuggling, an officer said. A special team was formed under the supervision of Puri SP Vinit Agarwal which carried out the operation based on a specific...