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OASME Celebrates 40 Glorious Years of Empowering Entrepreneurs Across Odisha

Bhubaneswar, August 12, 2025: The Odisha Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME) marked a major milestone by celebrating its 40th Foundation Day and Annual State Level Convention 2025 at the Hotel Crystal Crown Convention, Bhubaneswar. The event commemorated four decades of OASME’s unwavering commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and promoting the growth of the Micro,…

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AI-enabled cameras to monitor attendance at Odisha Govt offices

Bhubaneswar: To ensure timely attendance of employees at Odisha Government offices, the State will soon install AI-enabled cameras at workplaces. During a secretary-level meeting today, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja directed officials to install such cameras at all government workplaces at the district level. In the first phase, the cameras will be set up at Kharavela Bhawan…

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ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India awards Beti Padhao Scholarships to 84 girl students in Odisha

Keonjhar/Sundargarh, August 12, 2025: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a leading steelmaker, awarded the ‘Beti Padhao Scholarships’ to 84 academically meritorious girl students from the Barbil and Koira regions during a scholarship award ceremony held in Barbil. A flagship CSR initiative of AM/NS India, ‘Beti Padhao Scholarship’ aims to bridge the gap in education…

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Couple And Child Prevented From Self-Immolation Near Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: In a dramatic turn of events, police prevented a couple from attempting self-immolation along with their 7-year-old daughter near the Odisha Legislative Assembly in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.The couple, hailing from Kotasingha village of Boudh district, reportedly decided to immolate themselves due to their daughter’s prolonged illness, which had not shown any improvement despite regular…

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BSF Jawan pulls trigger and kills self from service revolver while talking to his mother on phone

Kamakhyanagar: In a shocking incident, a BSF jawan allegedly killed self while talking to his mother over phone call. He pulled the trigger of his service revolver and took his life on Monday evening.According to information, the jawan sent a message to his mother and was then talking to her over phone when he suddenly pulled…

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Car goes up in flames mid-bridge, ambulance gutted in separate incidents

Cuttack: A major mishap was averted after a family miraculously escaped as their car caught fire following a rear-end collision with a truck on NH 16 in Odisha’s Cuttack distrcit today. The incident was reported from Nirgundi overbridge early in the morning at around 6 am, halting traffic movement for a long while. As per reports,…

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Odisha teen hangs himself after parents oppose mobile game addiction

Basta/Balasore: In a deeply disturbing incident, a Class 8 student allegedly died by suicide after his family prevented him from playing mobile phone game in Basta block of Odisha’s Balasore district today. The boy was identified as Jaikrishna Jena, son of one Santosh Jena of Jamsuli village within Singla police limits. He was found hanging from…

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Downpour to continue in Southern Odisha till August 15, warnings issued for low pressure rain

Bhubaneswar: The intensity of rain in Odisha is likely to increase from today. A low pressure area is likely to form over the Northwestern and adjoining central western Bay of Bengal tomorrow.As an impact of this, Southern Odisha is likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall. Indian Meteorological Department’s regional centre at Bhubaneswar predicted that…

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Pattern of aborted forest encounters in Jammu and Kashmir raise questions on counter-terror tactics

Srinagar,12/8: In the thick forests of Jammu and Kashmir, a new kind of battle is playing out — one where the enemy vanishes before the fight is over. Over the past more than two years, a striking pattern has emerged: high-stakes anti-terror operations in dense mountain belts are being called off after initial casualties, with…

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