Dhenkanal: Stone quarry owner shot dead
A stone quarry owner was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Nirakar Sahu, a resident of Kantioput Sahi in Tumusinga. Police recovered Sahu’s body from a mango orchard at Souria along the Malabandha railway over-bridge under the Kamakhyanagar police station....
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Educational tours for science-aspiring students
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R’kela SP orders probe into Asst Collector death
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State gets Rs 8,406 cr CAMPA funds in 10 yrs
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Woman stages dharna before hubby’s house
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CUO celebrates first anniv of VC Tripathi’s tenure
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K’pada: Fnance firm staff missing
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15 districts classified as earthquake zone
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BJP may field party MPs in Assembly polls
The Odisha State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit is mulling a new strategy for the Lok Sabha battle by fielding its several sitting Lok Sabha members to contest in the 2024 Assembly elections. With this, the BJP plans to field new faces as its candidates for the Lok Sabha. It is...
Police to launch awareness from Oct 2
In a bid to curb the rising cybercrimes, the Odisha Police would organise ‘Cyber Safety Campaigns’ across the State from October 2 to 15 to sensitise the people. As part of the initiative, police would reach out to all age groups and sections of the society Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would...
Primary teachers’ stir: NHRC seeks ATR from Govt
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the Odisha Chief Secretary and sought action-taken report (ATR) within four weeks on the ongoing primary teachers’ strike in the State. The NHRC passed the order acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and human rights activist Radhakanta...
Ruckus as Arun Sahoo remarks on Opp members’ ‘mental health’
Opposition members in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday created a ruckus over the over a statement of ruling BJD MLA Arun Sahoo that the Opposition members should come to the House with good "mental health". Speaker Pramila Mallik adjourned the House several times. While the Question Hour passed peacefully, the trouble started...
SCs/STs-dominated dists show higher poverty rate
The benefits of development have not trickled down to the people in backward areas, especially the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population of Odisha. The findings of two reports of NITI Ayog such as the Social Inclusion-2022 and the National Multidimensional Poverty Index -2023 on Odisha provide a testimony to...
Swearing-in for BBA, B.Com students
The new admission batch 2023-2026 of BBA and B.Com streams of DAV School of Business Management (DSBM) here was a part of the swearing-in ceremony conducted in the campus on Wednesday. Chief guest IPICOL Executive Director Kalyan Charan Mohanty presented a pragmatic approach by citing the case studies of reputed companies...
Low pressure likely to head to State’s coast
A low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal and head towards the north Odisha coast during next 24 hours, said the Regional Office of the Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Thursday. “A cyclonic circulation lies over Myanmar and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal and extends up to...
