Bhubaneswar: The state’s higher education ecosystem has recorded a significant surge in research and innovation output over the past two years, with universities reporting a nearly fourfold increase in patent filings and a substantial rise in research publications.Commissioner-cum-secretary of higher education department Aravind Agarwal said that the number of patents generated by universities and higher…

Balangir: Police on Monday seized explosives and arrested three persons for allegedly conducting illegal blasting operations at a stone quarry near Talpadar village under Tarbha police station limits in Subarnapur district. Police seized 43 detonators, 225 packets of gunpowder each weighing 25 kg and six bundles of detonating cord. The accused have been identified as…

Rourkela: A 26-year-old man, who sustained burn injuries after his speeding car caught fire on hitting a divider at Sundargarh on Sunday midnight, died on Monday. The deceased, Ananda Bhoi, of Giringkela village under Lephripada police station, was going to attend to his ailing mother at Government Medical College & Hospital, Sundargarh, when the mishap…

Rourkela: Hemgir police in Sundargarh district have busted a large illegal gambling den in the Jamjharia forest area under Hemgiri police station near the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border and have arrested 26 persons on Monday allegedly for their involvement in illegal gambling activities, said SP (Sundargarh) Amritpal Kaur . Police also seized Rs 11,16,900 in cash, 9…

Sambalpur: The special intensive revision (SIR) process has been launched in Sambalpurdistrict to prepare a clean, error-free and updated electoral roll. Collector (Sambalpur) Siddheshwar Baliram Bondar said booth-level officers (BLOs) will conduct a door-to-door survey across the district from May 30 to June 28 to collect and verify voter information.During the survey, each voter will…