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Bhawanipatna: An elderly man was brutally killed Saturday at Cheramuhul village under Talajaring panchayat and Junagarh police limits in Kalahandi district following an argument over palm reading, police said. The victim was identified as Rath Kandapan, 60, of Talajaring. Police said Kandapan had gone to...

Boinda: A woman was allegedly humiliated and paraded with a garland of slippers around her neck Thursday in a village under Handapa police limits of Kishorenagar block in Angul district after failing to repay a loan taken from the village fund, police said Saturday. On...

Phulbani: A former headmaster of a primary school in Kandhamal district has been sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Rs 50,000 for misappropriating government money. The Special Vigilance Judge, Phulbani, Saturday sentenced Subash Chandra Nayak, former headmaster-cum-secretary of Rangapaju UP School...

Bhubaneswar: A robust monitoring and evaluation system is needed to ensure the effective implementation of the Take-Home-Ration (THR) scheme, aimed at preventing malnutrition in the state, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said here Saturday. Reviewing various programmes of the Women and Child Development (W&CD) department...

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education (S&ME) department has launched a state-wide initiative titled ‘Aasa School Jiba’ (Let us go to school) to curb the problem of school dropouts during the 2025–26 academic year. As part of the campaign, special meetings involving parents, teachers, and...

Bhubaneswar: A fresh low-pressure area is expected to develop over the northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal around August 18, and under its influence, heavy to very heavy rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, is very likely in several districts of Odisha August 18...

Bhubaneswar: The Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput and the Council of Analytical Tribal Studies (COATS) have inked a pact to collaborate on research and development initiatives, and academic exchanges focusing on tribal communities mostly living in state’s schedule areas, particularly the erstwhile Koraput, Bolangir...

Bhubaneswar: Over 57 per cent of Odisha Yatri users between October 2024 and July 2025 were women, reflecting a confidence in Odisha’s public transport ecosystem, official sources said Saturday. The app, launched by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in January 2025, began its pilot operations...

New Delhi: Imposing fixed timelines on governors and the President to act on bills passed by a state Assembly would amount to one organ of the government assuming powers not vested in it by the Constitution and lead to a "constitutional disorder", the Centre has...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington Monday after a Russia-US summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting in Ukraine after 3 1/2 years. In a reversal, only a few hours after meeting Russian President...