Bhubaneswar: South African company Eveready has shown interest in setting up wind turbines in select districts of Odisha. The company made a detailed presentation during a high-level meeting on renewable energy held Tuesday, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo. Singh Deo highlighted India’s...
Bhubaneswar: Railway Board Director General (Safety) Hari Shankar Verma, Tuesday concluded a three-day safety inspection of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) from July 13 to 15. The visit aimed to assess the implementation of safety initiatives, infrastructure readiness, and staff preparedness across critical sections of...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is fi rmly committed to developing future-ready talent capable of thriving in the digital era, said Industries, Skill Development & Technical Education Minister Sampad Chandra Swain Tuesday. He was speaking at the World Youth Skills Day 2025 celebration held at the...
Bhubaneswar: The Regional Science Centre (RSC), Bhubaneswar, flagged off two Mobile Science Exhibition (MSE) buses, focused on Electricity & Magnetism and Measurement, to engage students in rural areas of Keonjhar and Nuapada districts. These mobile units aim to bring interactive, hands-on science experiences to underserved...
Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The 20-year-old college student from Odisha's Balasore district who set herself ablaze over an alleged sexual harassment by a professor died Monday night, triggering nationwide outrage. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed grief over the student's death by self-immolation and announced that all culprits...
Bhubaneswar: The coordinator of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College's Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) Tuesday said the panel recommended removal of Samira Kumar Sahoo -- accused of sexually harassing a female student, leading to her self-immolation death -- from the post of Head of Integrated BEd. However,...
Bhubaneswar: A POCSO court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday sentenced a 58-year-old man to three years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a minor in August 2021. Special POCSO court judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict. If he failed...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has called for an eight-hour bandh in Odisha’s Balasore district Wednesday, demanding justice for a 20-year-old college student who died after setting herself ablaze over alleged inaction on a sexual harassment complaint. The shutdown will be observed from 6am...
Cuttack: President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday said advanced technologies have brought about a vast change in people's thinking and working style, but advised them to be careful about the misuse of inventions like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Addressing the 13th annual convocation of Ravenshaw University...
Bhubaneswar: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of indulging in "cheap politics" over the death of the college student in Odisha's Balasore district. Pradhan claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP have always taken concrete steps for...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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