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Bolangir: Education has been brought under the ambit of fundamental rights through the Right to Education Act, which mandates free and compulsory schooling for children aged 6 to 14. However, a starkly opposite picture has emerged from the Lower Suktel submergence area in Bolangir district....

Angul: Residents of Angul town outskirts have raised serious safety concerns over the movement of NALCO’s private trains through residential areas without adequate railway crossings or protective gates. Locals alleged that NALCO has opened its private railway corridor in the name of development, exposing villagers...

Jajpur: Under guidelines issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), all government and private educational institutions are required to obtain permission from the district administration to operate hostels for children below 18 years of age. Officials are authorised to take action...

Baripada: Seventy-three-year-old veteran Santali litterateur Charan Hembram Sunday said he was happy that the government has nominated him for the Padma Shri award, recognising his three-decade contribution for promotion of Santali language. Along with Hembram, three other distinguished individuals from Odisha - eminent educationist Mahendra...

Bhubaneswar: A man, his wife and daughter were allegedly killed by some family members over a land dispute in Odisha's Keonjhar district Sunday, a police officer said. The incident took place at Nialijharan village under Ghasipura police limits. The deceased man has been identified by...

Kendrapara: Odisha Forest department officials have arrested 16 fishermen near Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary in Kendrapara district for illegally fishing within the turtle congregation zone, an officer said Sunday. The fishing trawl, used by the intruders for fishing along the prohibited sanctuary area, was seized by...

Bhubaneswar: On the eve of the 77th Republic Day celebrations, the Union government Sunday announced the coveted Padma Awards for 2026. Among the awardees, four eminent personalities from Odisha have been conferred the Padma Shri, marking a moment of great pride for the state. According...

Sambalpur: A patient was seen being pushed on a stretcher along a busy road after "no ambulance was available" at the Kuchinda sub-divisional hospital in Odisha’s Sambalpur district, triggering public outrage. After the video circulated online, the state health minister Mukesh Mahaling asked officials to...

Sambalpur/Cuttack: A 75-year-old man from Odisha’s Sambalpur, Babu Lohar, pedalled 300 km by rickshaw to get his paralysed wife life-saving treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Lohar began the journey after his wife Jyoti suffered a paralytic stroke in November last year...

Koraput: Koraput district administration Sunday withdrew its earlier order banning the sale of non-vegetarian food items on Republic Day. District Collector Manoj Satyawan Mahajan announced the decision in a post on social media platform X. Earlier, the district administration had issued an order prohibiting the...