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Kendrapada: A government school headmaster in Odisha's Kendrapada district was suspended Wednesday after he allegedly consumed alcohol during duty hours, locked the school's main gate and fell asleep, leaving nearly 35 students inside, officials said Wednesday. Sunakar Nayak, headmaster of Ambura Government Primary School under...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD Wednesday staged a demonstration against the MMDR Amendment Act near the Lok Bhavan in Bhubaneswar and sought President Droupadi Murmu's intervention to safeguard Odisha's financial interests and the country's federal structure. A party delegation later met Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and...

Bhadrak: A 26-year-old man was allegedly killed by his father in Odisha's Bhadrak district Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in Chunida in the Bhadrak Rural police station area, they said. The father-son duo frequently quarrelled over financial issues. About four days ago, they...

Rayagada: Three men, including two masons and a daily-wage labourer, died after allegedly suffocating inside a septic tank at Tarpaguda under Padmapur police limits in Rayagada district. The deceased were identified as Harishchandra Bir, Prakash Lima and Alok Karada. According to reports, the three entered...

Thuamul Rampur: Unemployment among youths in mining-affected areas of Kalahandi has reportedly triggered an exodus of workers to Keralam in search of better livelihood opportunities, raising questions over the availability of local employment. Despite large-scale bauxite extraction from the Baphlamali hills and the revenue generated...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday began the state’s investor outreach in the UAE with a high-level meeting with senior representatives of the International Holding Company (IHC), a leading Abu Dhabi-based investment group with interests across several strategic sectors, and the Adani Group....

Bhubaneswar/Baleshwar: A day after at least five orangutans were rescued from a forest in Odisha's Baleshwar district, a joint probe was launched by the state police's STF and the WCCB on suspicion that an international wildlife smuggling racket might be behind the animals' sudden appearance...

Bhubaneswar: Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, has approved the introduction of Healthcare and Apparels as two new trade subjects for Class XI and XII students under the Integrated Vocational Stream, sources said. The decision was reportedly taken at a recent meeting of the...

Bhubaneswar: Philippines' International Rice Research Institute has joined hands with the Odisha government to scale up cultivation and commercialisation of indigenous crop varieties, with a focus on Kalajeera rice, officials said Wednesday. A delegation of the institute led by its principal scientist Dr Nese Sreenivasul...

Auckland: The marquee series against India starting late October has set the cash registers ringing at New Zealand Cricket headquarters as the parent body confirmed sale of more than 50,000 tickets since going on sale just over two weeks ago. Commercially the most viable team...