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Chennai/Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Tamil Nadu police have arrested the primary suspects, an Odia woman and her husband, behind the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a 38-year-old woman whose body parts were discovered inside a suitcase aboard a train earlier this month. The accused, Manik Uddin Laskar (22) a native of Cachar district in Assam,...

Jajpur: A fresh flood threat has emerged in Odisha’s Jajpur district as the Baitarani River continues to rise, triggering concern among residents of Dasarathpur block, which has already endured prolonged flooding this season. At around noon Sunday, the river’s water level at Akhuapada reached 17.82 metres, nearing the danger mark of 18.33 metres. With the level still...

Bhubaneswar: State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra Sunday attributed the rising sugar price to ethanol production in the country. Patra said the increase in sugar prices was being witnessed across the country and was not limited to the state. He said the diversion of sugarcane for ethanol production was among the factors affecting...

Nabarangpur: Former Odisha minister and veteran politician Dambaru Majhi (86) passed away Sunday morning at around 5 AM while undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital in Nabarangpur. Majhi remained a politician in Nabarangpur for many decades and had been elected to the Odisha Assembly from Dabugaon constituency in 1967, 1971 and 1985 and from Kodinga constituency...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the deadline by a week for farmers' registration to participate in paddy procurement for the kharif season, a minister said Sunday. The state government had set August 31 as the last day for farmers' registration. Now, it has been extended till September 7, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister KC Patra...

Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 788 Sunday, with more bodies being recovered, even as more than 2,500 people are still missing. Bodies were recovered from eight affected districts as rescuers raced against time to search for those missing and rescue those stranded on the fifth day since the disaster. An ice-rock...

New Delhi: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the internal power supply failure that disrupted the NEET-PG 2026 examination at two iON Digital Zone centres in Sitapura in Jaipur, Rajasthan, sources said Sunday. The examination could not be completed at the affected centres due to the power...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has sent a medical team to Pallahara block of Anugola district following detection of scrub typhus cases, officials said Sunday. During the last few days, 29 people in Sanbagadri village reportedly tested positive for scrub typhus on rapid kit tests, which are not confirmatory. Following the report, a medical team from Anugola visited...

Rourkela: Odisha's Opposition Congress Sunday held a demonstration here demanding the resignation of Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram for allegedly threatening political opponents who attempted to tarnish his image and oust him from the ministry. The Union minister's statement came after Rakesh Paswan, a close aide of his, was arrested for allegedly being involved in an...