Bhubaneswar: City student Bhavesh Patra has emerged as the state topper in the JEE Advanced 2026 examination, the results of which were announced on Monday.A student of Cohen International School, Bhavesh secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 29 and emerged as the Odisha State Rank 1 holder. He scored 293 marks out of a…
The elephant carcass being exhumed from the orchard Bhubaneswar: The forest department on Monday arrested three persons for allegedly killing a ‘makhna’ (a male elephant with no tusks) and burying its carcass using an excavator in a mango orchard under Hindol range in Dhenkanal district.The arrested include Pramod Kumar Raj (64), owner of the orchard,…
Rourkela: Two bike-borne miscreants allegedly attempted to snatch gold chain from a woman in Civil Township on Sunday night but failed. Raghunathpalli police are verifying the CCTV footage to identify them. On Sunday night, when two women were out on a walk, the miscreants tried to snatch gold chain from one woman but she fell…
Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Bhubaneswar: Construction of 49 road projects worth Rs 1,721 crore has been completed and will be inaugurated soon, works minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said after chairing a review meeting, here on Monday.Similarly, the foundation of 47 new projects worth Rs 12,102 crore will soon be laid, the minister added. “The Centre is always…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi with Union minister G Kishan Reddy in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday urged Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy to allocate the Sasubohumali bauxite block in Rayagada and Thakurani iron ore block in Keonjhar to state-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a govt statement said.Sasubohumali,…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi with Union minister G Kishan Reddy in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday urged Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy to allocate the Sasubohumali bauxite block in Rayagada and Thakurani iron ore block in Keonjhar to state-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a govt statement said.Sasubohumali,…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. BERHAMPUR: An entire police station in Odisha, including its IPS probationer inspector-in-charge, faced disciplinary action after a 32-year-old polio-affected daily wage worker died Monday while undergoing treatment at a government hospital following alleged torture in custody, triggering protests and scrutiny of police conduct in the state.Sushant Sahu died at…
Bhubaneswar: The first in-person technical meeting of the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group under India’s presidency will start in Puri from June 3, officials said Monday. The agenda includes sustainable financing for disaster risk reduction, resilient infrastructure and early warning systems, with additional discussions on anticipatory response and the use of traditional knowledge…
The data of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), held for 2023-24, show that 51.8% of women use internet against NFHS-5’s (2019-21) figure of 24.9% Bhubaneswar: Internet usage among women in Odisha has doubled in the five years between 2019 and 2024. The data of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), held for 2023-24, show that 51.8%…
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…
