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Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday announced a 12-hour bandh and ‘Black Day’ protest in Raighar block of Nabarangpur district June 12, over the non-payment of dues to 344 farmers. At a press conference at Sankha Bhawan here, BJD leaders Uday Narayan Nanda, senior...

Jajpur: Following the death of six more people, the state health machinery Wednesday launched a war-footing operation to tackle the diarrhoea outbreak in Jajpur district, the officials said Wednesday. District Collector P Anvesha Reddy said that over 500 people have been admitted to various hospitals...

Bhubaneswar: Five people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly submitting fake documents to secure Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) jobs in Odisha's Bolangir district, an official said. The arrest was made by the Crime Branch after a complaint was lodged by Rajendra Kumar Pattnaik, the superintendent of...

Balasore: A Junior Mining Officer was critically injured after he was brutally assaulted by a local sand mafia head and his henchmen while inspecting a sand mining site on Budhabalanga riverbed near Kathasangada under Remuna tehsil in Balasore district Tuesday, police said. The victim officer,...

Nuapada: Three months after a 38-year-old man from Bolangir reportedly went missing during a trip with an acquaintance in February this year, the police Tuesday recovered his decomposed body hanging from a tree deep inside a jungle near Pati Dangar - close to Kerameli village,...

Balasore: A team of students from Fakir Mohan University (FMU) in Balasore have been selected for the final round at the 110-Hour national-level Hackathon on biodiversity conservation at Pune, organised by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) to celebrate its 110 years of scientific legacy....

Keonjhar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi visited Mayurbhanj district Tuesday morning and offered prayers at the revered Maa Kichakeswari temple in Khiching. Travelling by road from Keonjhar, Majhi reached the temple around 6:30 am under tight security. Accompanied by his wife, he performed rituals and...

Jajpur: One person died and 300 others fell ill in an outbreak of diarrhea in Odisha's Jajpur district, officials said Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sanat Patra, 34, a resident of Mayurbhanj. Patra was engaged as a contract worker at a plant in Kalinga...

Balasore: A junior mining officer was allegedly assaulted by miscreants while inspecting a sand mining site in Odisha's Balasore district Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred at Kathasingda under Remuna police station in the district when the officer, Tapas Kumar Behera, along with another person...

By Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo When our government took office in June 2024, we made a solemn commitment to the people of Odisha: to place energy reform at the heart of our development agenda. Today, as we complete one year in office, I am proud...