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DRDO conducts successful maiden flight-test of 'Kusha' long-range surface-to-air missile

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight-test of 'Kusha' Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Thursday.... read..

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Odisha: Ex-IAS officer VK Pandian asked to appear before Bhubaneswar Police in connection with alleged missing CMO files

The Police Commissionerate of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack has issued a notice to former IAS officer VK Pandian, asking him to appear before the investigating officer on July 25 in connection with a case related to alleged missing files from the Odisha Chief Minis... read..

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SIR phase 2: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer clarifies verification process for 58 lakh voters facing draft roll notices

Moving forward with the second phase of the electoral roll revision, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Odisha, S Gopalan, has initiated the issuance of verification notices to approximately 58 lakh individuals whose records require further clar... read..

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"If Sarpanch not safe, imagine torture of common people": Odisha woman's hunger strike enters 8th day

Tensions have escalated in Odisha's political circles as Chameli Ojha, the woman Sarpanch of Tikhiri Gram Panchayat in Mahakalapada block, continued her indefinite hunger strike outside the State Legislative Assembly for the eighth consecutive day on Tues... read..

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Naveen Patnaik calls for fixing accountability for "lapse of trust" in the education system, says BJD firmly with students

Biju Janata Dal chief and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has called upon the government to initiate meaningful dialogue with the students who have been peacefully protesting for days over issues in the education system, including paper leaks,... read..

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"Nation that compromises integrity of examination system, compromises its future": Naveen Patnaik urges government to talk to protesting students

Noting that trust in the country's education system "has broken", Biju Janata Dal chief and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the "grave issue" affecting millions of students across the country, must be taken up in the Parliament s... read..

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Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi urges Special Development Councils officials to accelerate tribal development

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday interacted with the newly appointed Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of 23 Special Development Councils (SDCs), urging them to accelerate tribal development by regularly visiting grassroots areas, und... read..

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8-9 lakh devotees join Puri Rath Yatra as rituals conclude smoothly, govt clarifies on 2 deaths

The 2026 Rath Yatra in Puri concluded smoothly despite continuous rain and adverse weather conditions, adding that two devotees who died during the festival did not succumb due to any stampede or crowd management-related incident.... read..

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