Odisha News

Bhubaneswar: Scientists from NIMHANS, Bengaluru, and IIT Bhubaneswar have found a new way to study schizophrenia by tracking how the brain’s signals behave over time. Using principles of Chaos Theory, the study sheds light on how the disorder progresses and how treatment may work differently for each patient. It aims to improve diagnosis and treatment…

Plantation at CRP Square underpass Bhubaneswar: Idle and vacant underpasses of at least six flyovers in the city will be beautified with plants.Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start the initiative on Wednesday from CRP Square plantation — to promote greenery while lending an aesthetic beauty to the underpasses, which often turn into unauthorised parking spaces…

Bhubaneswar: In line with cyclone and flood shelters, the govt on Tuesday decided to construct heatwave relief centres across the state to provide relief to commuters.Revenue minister Suresh Pujari said heatwave centres will be set up on a priority basis at places that are known to report frequent heatwave-related cases and where temperature remains high…

The Jagannath Temple in Puri Bhubaneswar: A dispute between two servitors of Puri Jagannath Temple stalled the voyage of the representative deities of the shrine, held on the eighth day of ongoing Chandan Yatra at sacred Narendra pond, on Tuesday night.Taking a serious note of the incident, the govt warned of action against the erring…

Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday reviewed the progress of strategic petroleum reserve project at Chandikhole in Jajpur district during a meeting with Atul Gupta, deputy CEO of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd, in New Delhi.The development holds significance amid the ongoing tension in West Asia. The Chandikhole facility, with a storage capacity…

AG traffic post on Nandankanam Road Bhubaneswar: To ease commuters’ movement on the Sachivalaya Marg, one of the major thoroughfares of the city, the public works department has planned to create a dedicated corridor between Airport Square and Acharya Vihar Square.The plan entails widening of the 6-km-odd road, which houses some of the major institutions…

Bhubaneswar: The state govt has notified the ‘Policy on Reuse of Treated Used Water (TUW) of Urban Odisha, 2026’, laying out an ambitious, time-bound roadmap to convert used water from a waste by-product into a valuable economic resource.The policy comes amid growing seasonal and spatial water stress across urban centres. Odisha currently generates about 1,104…

Bhubaneswar: The state Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested two cyber fraudsters from Darjeeling for allegedly duping a city-based businessman of Rs 5.14 crore through a fake online trading and investment platform.In Feb, the investigators had earlier arrested two accused from Gujarat and one from Assam in connection with the case.“As part of our ongoing probe,…

Bhubaneswar: A group of people from the LGBTQIA+ community stopped a trans man from ending his own life after a nearly four-hour search, before finally tracing him near the railway tracks in Bhubaneswar on Monday.Braving the scorching sun, about 20 transgender persons accompanied by railway police personnel walked nearly 10km along the railway tracks before…

ROURKELA: At least four persons, including three drivers and a helper, died, and over 20 passengers were injured after a private passenger bus jumped the road divider and crashed into a truck on National Highway 143 near Chandiposh under Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district on Tuesday night. While 19 injured are undergoing treatment in different…