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Farmers want CM to resolve paddy purchase problems

A day ahead of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's visit to the district to announce disbursal of input subsidy of ₹800 for paddy, farmers on Saturday staged dharna at Gandhi Chowk in Bargarh town to draw attention of the state government towards the issues affecting the procurement process in the region.

Hardcore criminal held after police encounter

THE mastermind of the Charmal dacoity which had occurred on November 22 was nabbed after a police encounter on Saturday.

Brass fish art of Ganjam's Belaguntha finds new lifeline

BELAGUNTHA in Ganjam district, once celebrated for its unique brass fish art, is ready to reclaim its lost glory.

Three held over death of 35-year-old worker in gas pipeline leak at Paradip

POLICE on Saturday arrested a contractor and two employees of an agency over the death of a worker while trying to fix a leak in the pipeline of Bharat Gas Resources Limited (BGRL) at Taladanda within Kujang police limits on Friday.

President lays foundation stone for ₹6,400 crore projects in Mayurbhanj

Murmu said the rail projects and airport would boost transportation and business in the region

AMNS project: Govt notifies land acquisition of 383 acre

THE state government is set to acquire 383 acre land at Badatubi village under Mahakalapada block in the first phase for establishment of a 24 million tonne per annum (MTPA) steel plant of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AMNS).

CM's money for job scam remarks raise a storm in House

The Assembly on Saturday suffered a complete washout with Opposition BJD creating pandemonium over Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's remarks that government jobs were on sale during the latter's regime.

UNDER-REPORTING OF LIQUOR STOCKS LED TO REVENUE LOSS OF ₹75 CR: CAG

The state government sustained an excise revenue loss of ₹75.7 crore due to the manipulation of manually maintained sales registers by retail foreign liquor shops to show a lesser quantity of unsold stock to avoid the special Covid fee (SCF).

EOW arrests PNB official for ₹1.23 cr fraud

THE Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch has arrested the former manager of Punjab National Bank's (PNB) Balasore circle office, Vinay Sonkar, for allegedly swindling ₹1.23 crore between 2020 and 2022.

ANOTHER FEATHER ON MILLET QUEEN'S HAT, A DOCTORATE DEGREE

Raimati Ghiuria's contribution to preservation of endangered varieties of rice and millets won her the honorary doctorate from OUAT earlier this week. She continues to conserve native seeds and facilitate an organic farming movement, writes Diana Sahu

DRIVING DREAMS

At the tender age of 16, Santoshi Deo's life took a terrible turn when she was married off to a Brahmin family in Haryana.

Students today are leaders of tomorrow: ISRO chief

GOVERNOR Raghubar Das on Saturday stressed the role of youth and contribution of the emerging talents as India aspires to become a developed nation by 2047.

IIT-BBS to set up centre of excellence for filigree in Cuttack

AFTER a long wait, Cuttack city will finally get a centre of excellence for its own homegrown craft filigree.

US rejects BJP's allegations

'SOROS, ROCKEFELLER, U.S. AID FUND OCCRP'

Railway minister Vaishnaw inaugurates east side station building and entry of Cuttack rly station

MINISTER for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday inaugurated the east side station building of Cuttack railway station which connects it to the national highway.

CM: Home for double-engine coordination

SP threatens to exit the MVA over Uddhav Sena's Babri glorification

Classical act: Despite evolution of chess, purest form of sport is here to stay

COUPLE of days ahead of the World Championship, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana had checked into Singapore. In an alternate world, the former, the World No 1 across all three regular formats (Classical, Rapid and Blitz), would have arrived in the city-state to play the final. Now? Not so much. He had arrived with Caruana, the World No 2 in Classical, to play a couple of games of freestyle chess, a variant of the game. In this game, the starting order of the pieces on the back rank are randomised. So, as D Gukesh and Ding Liren checked into a plush hotel for the World Championship, Carlsen and Caruana, with a bevy of photographers, sailed off on a yacht to play a couple of freestyle games.

IWF to reduce number of categories from June next year

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to reduce the number of weight categories in both the men's and women's sections from 10 to 8 from June next year following a proposal by its Innovation Commission.

Maiden national gold for Jaideep after twin setbacks

JAIDEEP suffered twin heartbreaks early this year as he lost narrowly in the Asian and World Olympic qualifiers thus failing to book a ticket for the Paris Games.

Starc contrast: Oz show spirit, India toil

Indian batters struggle as veteran left-arm pacer takes six-fer to put hosts in position of strength on opening day

ISL: Punjab overcome Mohammedan to go 3rd

PUNJAB FC crafted two impressive goals in the second-half against Mohammedan SC to return with three points in the Indian Super League in New Delhi on Friday.

De-dollarisation not on the table: RBI governor

RESERVE Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday downplayed the punitive tariffs being threatened by the US President-elect Donald Trump against the BRICS nations if they moved away from dollar, saying each punitive action will have counter-actions by the affected countries.

Bournemouth record shock victory over Spurs

ANGE Postecoglou slammed Tottenham's flops as furious fans turned on the Australian and his spluttering side after Bournemouth condemned them to a shock 1-0 defeat on Thursday.

Easing cycle to begin from February if inflation remains within target: Analysts

THE dual action of the RBI keeping the policy rates unchanged for the 11th consecutive time and at the same time slashing the cash reserve ratio by 50 bps to 4%, offering a long rope to lenders to push credit at a comparatively cheaper rate, has left analysts community divided on the immediate next repo rate cut.

AI/ML, cyber security skills in demand for top job roles

WITH the increasing adoption of AI across organisational functions, AI/ML and analytics continue to dominate as the most in-demand job family.

Economists ask FinMin to focus on growth rather than fiscal consolidation

WITH the second quarter GDP growth falling to a 7-quarter low of 5.4%, economists have asked the government to shift its policy focus to growth rather than fiscal consolidation.

Maruti, Mahindra, MG car prices to go up by 3-4%

GET ready to pay more for four-wheelers as top automakers are increasing prices of their models by 3-4% from next month.

CEAT buys Camso's Off-Highway tyres

LEADING tyre manufacturer CEAT is acquiring Camso brand's Off-Highway construction equipment bias tyre and tracks business from Michelin in an all-cash deal valued at about $225 million.

LG files paper for ₹15,000 crore IPO

If successful, LG will be 2nd major Korean brand after Hyundai to list on Indian exchanges

Recognised start-ups have created more than 16 lakh direct jobs so far, says Goyal

START-UPS that are recognised under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) have created more than 16.6 lakh direct jobs, across over 55 varied industries, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.