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Despair and hardship define this orphaned youth. But these are the very adversities that have honed him as well. Sesha Kisan’s journey from a cattle herder to a scientist was not an easy one. Sesha Kisan has rose like a phoenix from an underdeveloped Balasingha village in Naktideul block of Sambalpur district to become a scientist in University of Göttingen in Germany.

In yet another incident of human-elephant conflict, a jumbo wreaked havoc in Mondei and Brahmanapally villages under Sadar Range of Sambalpur district. The jumbo terrorized the locals last night when it entered the village and caused widespread damage.

Another large haul of ganja seized in Odisha. The Excise department seized as much as 20 quintals of ganja on Saturday (January 30). The contraband item was seized from near Kanisi area on NH-16 of Ganjam district. Following the seizure, one person has been detained in connection with the case.

Panic gripped Belghar area in Kandhamal district following the brutal killing of two villagers on Saturday. It is alleged that the villagers were killed by the Maoists on suspicion of being police informers. While the body of one victim was lying in a pool of blood near Bhandarangi panchayat office, the other person’s body was recovered from near Guchaguda village.

This is no theatre and he is no artist! In a bizarre incident, a youth from Angul landed up in trouble while trying to meet his girlfriend in the guise of a baba or sadhu. But it all went wrong! Horribly wrong! Suspecting him to be a child thief, the youth was nabbed by locals who exposed him and handed him over to the police. Locals in the Ferrochrome Gate Colony under Jajpur Road police limits caught hold of the youth disguised as a baba.

Children, youths as well as the elderly, all want to stay fit these days. But not everyone can afford to pay for a gym membership to shed that extra pound or get into proper shape. Take a look at this set up. It is open-air, right in the lap of nature and on top of it it’s free. Thanks to this unique jugaad by a group of youngsters in Jeypore of Koraput district, we are looking at a desi-style and effective workout set up here.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget-2021 in Parliament today. For the first time the budget was presented in a paperless format.

Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today. In the budget, the Finance Minister announced a significant rise in capital expenditure

The Indian Meteorological Department’s regional centre of Bhubaneswar has issued yellow warning for at least 11 districts of Odisha for the next 48 hours. Cold wave condition is very likely to prevail at certain places in the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh and Angul during the next 24 hours.

Significant allocations were made by FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2021-22 today for the development of road infrastructure.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today. Here are some of the key highlights from the budget presentation today.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new disinvestment policy in the Union Budget 2021-22 presentation today. Here are the key announcements made by the FM today.

Though Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced no changes in personal income tax in the Union Budget 2021-22, a big relief for senior citizens came in the form of exemption from filing tax return

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2021-22 laid special emphasis on the agriculture sector and farmer welfare with several key announcements.

A visit to attend the dasaha mourning rituals of deceased kin ends in a tragedy. As many as 9 persons were killed after a van they were travelling in overturned on National Highway-326 near Murtahandi under Kotpad Police limits in Koraput district on Sunday night (January 31). 13 persons were injured in the mishap. Around 20 to 22 persons were travelling in the vehicle.