Bhubaneswar: Odisha sizzled under extreme heat Wednesday with Boudh in the western part of the state registering a maximum temperature of 42.7 degrees Celsius, forcing five districts to extend the summer vacation in schools and anganwadi centres. Schools in Bolangir, Sonepur, Ganjam, Angul and Sundargarh...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday decided to form a structured engagement mechanism to implement investment proposals from Singapore in the state. The decision was taken at a meeting between Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and High Commissioner of Singapore to India, Simon Wong, at the...
Malkangiri: Family members of a pregnant woman, who died due to a snakebite, allegedly thrashed a doctor of a district hospital, accusing him of medical negligence, officials said Wednesday. Malkangiri Chief District Medical Officer Nihar Ranjan Prahraj denied the allegation, saying the patient was treated...
Bhubaneswar: A Pocso court Wednesday sentenced a man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2024. Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge (Pocso), Bhubaneswar, Saroj Kumar Sahoo pronounced the judgment after examining statements from 13 witnesses and 84 documents. The court also...
Thuamul Rampur: Despite 78 years of Independence, Tumonikhol village, located in the tribal-dominated Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi district, is yet to receive electricity. The continued lack of power supply, allegedly due to administrative apathy, has become a matter of concern in the area. A...
Kandhamal: Security forces have unearthed a weapons dump in Odisha's Kandhamal district and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said Wednesday. The seizure was made during a joint operation by two Special Operations Groups and a District Voluntary Force team that was...
Kendrapara: A court in Odisha's Kendrapara district has granted bail to Chameli Ojha, a woman sarpanch who has been in judicial custody since June 13 in connection with a case relating to the alleged assault of police personnel. Ojha, the sarpanch of Tikhiri Gram Panchayat...
Lucknow: Skipper Shubman Gill battled the oppressive heat and cramps to produce a magnificent 154 while Ishan Kishan ended a three-year wait for an ODI hundred as India piled up a formidable 402 all out against Afghanistan in the second match here Wednesday. Gill and...
Bhubaneswar: Taking serious note of errors detected in school textbooks published by the state government, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday directed immediate corrective measures and announced the formation of a high-level committee to identify those responsible. The Chief Minister chaired an important meeting...
Bhubaneswar: A man was found dead with multiple injury marks near a canal in Odisha's Bhubaneswar Wednesday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Prabhat Behera, aged around 34 years. Behera worked as a supervisor in a transport services firm dealing with various kinds...
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