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About 500 school-going children are there in 85 brick kiln units, of which there are 30 each in Peddapalli and Ratnapur and 25 in Sultanabad areas.

The launch was carried out for a predetermined range and validated all operational parameters of the system, the official added.

Bhubaneswar: Clashes between rationalists and ritualists broke out in Bhubaneswar and Berhampur after the former organised a biryani feast during lunar eclipse on Tuesday. Earlier also, the rationalists had organised a similar biryani feast during solar eclipse. Several Hindu leaders, including the Puri Shankaracharya, had strongly opposed it. Challenging the ritualists, the rationalists openly declared […]

In a bizarre incident, a youth in Odisha's Cuttack city was tied to a scooter and dragged on the busy streets over non-payment of borrowed money, police said on Monday.

Thousands of farmers under the banner of Navnirman Krushak Sansthan launched a padayatra in Jajpur district of Odisha on Thursday.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s much awaited entry into national politics, apart from being desired by the people of Telangana and TRS leaders, is also being welcomed by many in other States.

The State government insisted for a third party study on the impact of the Polavaram project on the villages abutting the backwaters

Police officers and a fire rescue team rushed to the prawn factory named Highland Agro Food Private Limited and rescued 28 workers and sent them to Khantapada Hospital.

As part of the celebrations of 75th year of the Orissa High Court, Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit on Saturday inaugurated 34 paperless courts

Dagmar Walter said that Tripartite initiative was taken up to ensure safe and healthy atmosphere to the workers in the ginning mills.

Bhubaneswar: The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully flight tested the vertical launch short range surface-to-air missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday. The flight test was carried out from an Indian Naval Ship against a high-speed unmanned aerial target for demonstration […]

Bhubaneswar: With heavy rainfall in the upper and lower catchment areas of Mahanadi river, flood-like situation is looming over 10 districts of Odisha, officials said on Tuesday. Holding a review meeting on the situation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked the collectors of the 10 districts to remain alert and take all possible steps to tackle […]

Hyderabad: Two students of the Government City College have won medals in the Junior National Fencing competitions held at Cuttack, Odisha. P Vamshi and Baby Reddy, from first year BA, won the gold and silver medals respectively. Government City College Principal Dr. P Bala Bhaskar who felicitated the students on Tuesday said games and sports […]

Hyderabad: An Inter-State Declaration of Intent to collaborate in the fight against human trafficking was signed by six States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, here on Saturday. The two-day Southern Regional Consultation to Combat Human Trafficking, hosted by the Telangana Government in collaboration with the nonprofits Prajwala and Shakti Vahini, […]

Bhubaneswar: Wearing masks was made mandatory for devotees coming to see the annual Ratha yatra festival in Puri on July 1 amid rising COVID-19 cases in Odisha, a senior official said on Monday. Around 10 lakh people are expected to gather for the festival in the temple town from across the country, and some foreign […]

Hyderabad: A 21 year-old man died under suspicious circumstances in Jubilee Hills. Satyaraj Jena, a native of Odisha was working as bartender at a local bar and restaurant in Jubilee Hills. On Saturday, he was found hanging to the ceiling in a room in the bar. The Jubilee Hills police said, “from enquiries we came […]

Balasore: India on Friday successfully test-fired the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from an Indian Naval Ship (INS) off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha. “Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) is successfully flight tested today by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy. The launch […]

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA’s candidate for the presidential election. BJP president J P Nadda announced her name at a press conference following a meeting of the party top brass. Murmu (64), a former Jharkhand governor, will […]

New Delhi: Security has been beefed up in several states on Monday amid protests against the Centre’s new Agnipath recruitment scheme. After the policy, which allows Indian youths to serve in the regular cadre of the Armed Forces for a period of four years, was announced on June 14, protests erupted in various states including […]

Visakhapatnam: In view of suspected agitation at Visakhapatnam railway station and agitations in various zones, several trains are cancelled and a few diverted or rescheduled. Trains cancelled were train No. 18045 Shalimar-Secunderabad East Coast Express leaving Shalimar on June 19, train No. 17240 Visakhapatnam-Guntur express leaving Visakhapatnam on Saturday, No. 17239 Guntur –Visakhapatnam express leaving […]