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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday spoke to two hockey players from the state who were part of the Indian men's hockey team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Japan, and lauded their performance. Their success is a matter...

Tensa: K Balang police in Sundaragada district arrested a school clerk for allegedly molesting two Class X girl students and produced him before the POCSO court Saturday. The accused was identified as Jitendra Kumar Udal, a clerk at a school in the Jamuda gram panchayat...

Bhubaneswar: The Central University of Odisha (CUO) is set to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Studies in Classical Pali following approval from the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The Ministry’s Department of Higher Education, Language Division, in an Office Memorandum dated October...

Bhubaneswar: The long-pending process to protect the historic Satara Nala Bridge at Palasuni has moved a step closer to action, with officials from multiple departments inspecting the site and recording their findings Saturday. Officials and field staff from Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), General Administration and...

Bhubaneswar: Poachers and wildlife traffickers continue to target Odisha’s protected species with scant regard for law and little fear of punishment, with the Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) alleging failure of intelligence, enforcement and prosecution mechanisms. “Not a single tiger or elephant poacher in Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) authorities on Saturday released 36 animals and birds belonging to 11 new species into enclosures for public viewing as part of the state-level Wildlife Week celebrations. According to zoo sources, NZP received 58 animals and birds belonging to 14 species...

Badabil: A 30-year-old man died allegedly after being assaulted by his brother-in-law during a family dispute at Burusahi under Badabil police limits in Kendujhar district Friday night. Police arrested the accused, Ajay Tiria, and forwarded him to court Saturday. The deceased, Banamali Munda, had allegedly...

New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and FlyDubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar to light a celebratory flame at Israel's next Independence Day ceremony, describing the Indian pilot who foiled a mid-air attack as a hero of India, Israel...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday launched the CM-GROW programme to promote research and strengthen the scientific foundation of wildlife conservation in the state. The programme was launched by Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia while attending the state-level Wildlife Week celebration as the...

Baleshwar: An elderly tourist from Uttar Pradesh drowned while taking bath in the Subarnarekha river in Odisha's Baleshwar district Saturday, police said. In another incident, two minors hailing from Baleshwar went missing while having a bath in the same river near Sekhbadi area, they said....