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Balasore: Siddhartha Pati, a scientist from Balasore, has earned a patent for developing an eco-friendly process to extract chitosan — a biodegradable compound used in pharmaceutical industry— from discarded shrimp shells, turning marine waste into valuable bioproducts. Pati’s startup, aligned with the government’s Circular Economy...

Koraput: In a significant push to promote Koraput Coffee, Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) of the Southern Division, Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, Thursday announced plans to set up an exclusive Koraput Coffee outlet in Gopalpur, one of the state's leading coastal tourist destinations. The initiative aims to...

Berhampur: Police Friday arrested 18 people for their alleged involvement in the clash between two neighbouring villages in Odisha's Ganjam district over a land dispute. The villagers of Singipur and Ratnamanipur, under the Patapur police station limits in Ganjam district, were engaged in a clash...

Jajpur: Odisha Police Friday arrested two persons with criminal backgrounds for allegedly firing at a travel agency office here over a delay in the refund of cancelled railway tickets. The accused have been identified as Michael Santosh (23) of Purbakot village and Santosh Pradhan (24)...

Nuapada:  Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R S Gopalan Friday directed the district administration and police to take prompt action on complaints lodged in the cVigil app for the bypolls to the Nuapada assembly constituency. cVIGIL is a web-based platform where citizens can lodge complaints...

Baripada: A special POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl four years ago. Special POCSO court judge Pratima Patra held 23-year-old Balaram Munda guilty of the crime and also imposed a...

Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday released a list of 40 star campaigners for the by-election in Nuapada Assembly constituency, scheduled to be held November 11. The list includes party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, along with veteran leaders Prasanna Acharya, Debi Prasad...

Bhubaneswar/Sonepur: At least three pilgrims from Odisha died in a road accident near Katra in Jammu and Kashmir while travelling to Maa Vaishnodevi temple, the state government said in a press release Friday. The deceased have been identified as Bichitra Kumar Sahu, Yogindra Matari and...

Nuapada: BJD's Nuapada candidate Snehangini Chhuria Friday dismissed Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's claim that she is an "outsider", saying she belongs to western Odisha and has strong family roots in the district. Reacting to CM Majhi's remarks at a public meeting in Nuapada...

Angul: Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has arrested two wildlife traffickers and seized two elephant tusks weighing 4.795 kilograms from their possession. According to STF sources, acting on an intelligence input, a raid was conducted Thursday evening in Jadupur area under Athmallik police...