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From selling snacks to the training ground of Border Security Force (BSF)! This young girl is inspiration personified. It is said, where there is a will, there is a way! And this has been proved true by Diptimayee Tarai of Krushna Prasad village of Puri district.

A giant whale shark washed ashore Sunapur beach in Berhampur of Ganjam district. The shark was spotted today afternoon. After receiving information, a team of Forest officials reached the spot. It is said that the shark is alive and efforts were made to help the shark get back into deep waters.

With mercury levels starting to rise across the State, the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has issued an advisory for summer season, asking the district Collectors to take immediate steps to put in place all preparedness and precautionary measures to tackle the possible heat wave situation.

The person who hit me first, I kicked him. Why did he hit me first? I am the President. I am working for the Congress party since 1978. We have worked under the leadership of Janaki Ballabh Patnaik during the Indira Gandhi government.

New regulations for social media and OTT platforms! In a major announcement, the Government of India declared new rules to curb misuse of social media and Over the Top (OTT) platforms.

Acid attacker on the run for 19 years finally nabbed! In yet another success for Odisha Police in a long drawn case, an acid attacker from Bhadrak who was absconding for 19 years was finally arrested. The arrest was made by Dhusuri Police on Wednesday.

Millions of traders, transporters and tax professionals supported by over 40,000 organisations have united to make today’s Bharat Bandh and Chakka Jam called by CAIT & AITWA a grand success. They are protesting against the 'complexities, anomalies and draconian provisions' in GST.

Odisha's capital city Bhubaneswar recorded the highest day temperature in the country on Thursday with 39.4 degree Celsius.

Sudden fit of rage or a family conflict? In a shocking incident, a youth from Chaulia village under Sadar Police limits in Dhenkanal allegedly killed his own father by slitting his throat with a sharp weapon.  

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) is observing a 12-hour Bharat Bandh in protest against rising fuel prices, the new e-way bill and the goods and services tax (GST). Vehicular traffic, rail traffic, and operation of business establishments, government offices, banks and educational institutions have been affected due to the nation-wide bandh which started at 6 AM and will end at 6 PM on February 26.

Passengers coming to Odisha from or through 12 states will be screened at airports and railway stations now to prevent resurgence of the Covid-19.

A girl pursuing Plus II in a city college in Cuttack was rescued in a critical condition from her rented accommodation, allegedly set on fire by some unknown miscreants on Thursday.

Only time will tell whether this is temporary or a long-term solution, but it seems the forest officials in Keonjhar have found a way to deal with the human-animal conflict! The recent death of a woman in a tusker attack in Jagamohanpur area under Telkoi in Keonjhar district left the villagers in a state of panic.

“I will commit suicide if their (farmers') problems are not solved immediately”. This is what BJP MLA from Deogarh, Subash Chandra Panigrahi said during proceedings of the House on Friday. The MLA threatened to immolate himself in the Odisha Assembly over alleged delay in paddy procurement process at various mandis across the State.

Today, is the 2nd anniversary of the Balakot air strikes. Two years ago on this day, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had launched an air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, thwarting Pakistan’s plans of attacking the Indian military installations in Jammu & Kashmir.