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Ranjan Swain is the Founder and Editor of The Utkal, an independent digital news publication based in Odisha. He covers news and developments across Odisha, India and the world, with a focus on factual reporting, verification, context and stories that matter to people.

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Jagatsinghpur Cracker Blast: 2 Killed, 3 Critically Injured In Odisha

Jagatsinghpur Cracker Blast: 2 Killed, 3 Critically Injured In Odisha

Jagatsinghpur: Two people were killed and three others were critically injured after a powerful firecracker explosion at a house in Mahila village under...

Kalinga Studio Is Back: Can This New Infrastructure Give Odia Cinema a Bigger Future

Kalinga Studio Is Back: Can This New Infrastructure Give Odia Cinema a Bigger Future

Bhubaneswar: For an older generation of Odia film lovers, Kalinga Studio is more than a production facility in Bhubaneswar. It is part of...

Nana Patekar: The Voice, The Struggle and the Legacy India Will Remember

Nana Patekar: The Voice, The Struggle and the Legacy India Will Remember

Veteran actor Nana Patekar passed away in the early hours of October 8, 2026, at the age of 75, bringing an end to...

How Babeijoda Village in Mayurbhanj Achieved Long-Trem Cleanliness Culture

How Babeijoda Village in Mayurbhanj Achieved Long-Trem Cleanliness Culture

Babeijoda in Mayurbhanj has given Odisha a story worth carrying far beyond its own village. For around 15 years, the village has remained...

Odisha’s Shishu Vatika Has Thousands of Young Learners. Who Will Teach Them?

Odisha’s Shishu Vatika Has Thousands of Young Learners. Who Will Teach Them?

Odisha has taken steps to bring pre-primary education into government schools, but a key question remains over who will provide dedicated classroom teaching...

“Indravati Dam Crisis: Five Gates Not Working Raise Flood Concerns in Odisha”

“Indravati Dam Crisis: Five Gates Not Working Raise Flood Concerns in Odisha”

Five gates in Odisha’s Upper Indravati reservoir system are reportedly non-functional, raising questions about maintenance and the preparedness of the project to manage...

‘Man-Hours’, Not Manpower: Odisha’s New Outsourcing Policy - What It Means for Existing Jobs and Workers

‘Man-Hours’, Not Manpower: Odisha’s New Outsourcing Policy – What It Means for Existing Jobs and Workers

BHUBANESWAR: A new Odisha government policy on outsourcing has changed the way departments will engage workers through private service providers, with the Finance...