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Christchurch: New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra’s availability for the upcoming five-match T20I series against India has been thrown into doubt after he suffered a dislocated right shoulder during a promotional shoot in Auckland. Ravindra sustained the injury while attempting a diving catch during filming Wednesday....

By SUBASA CHANDRA PADHY, OP Brahmapur: Dilapidated classrooms, a lack of safe drinking water and a severe staff crunch plague many schools in Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) area, with Balbadi Primary School standing as a stark example of government apathy toward primary education. Balbadi Primary...

Bhubaneswar: Vehicles seized in various cases have been piling up for a long time on the premises of Infocity police station, raising concerns over the shrinking space in the police station compound. The vehicles, which have been lying there for several days, are also covered...

Purushottampur: A 22-year old college student went missing in Rushikulya River during the immersion of a Ganesh idol at Tumbeswar Ghat in Pratapur village of Ganjam district Friday. The missing student was identified as Sumit Mishra, a final-year Plus III student of Taratarini College, Purushottampur....

By RABI NARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: With the Monsoon session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) scheduled to begin September 22, an all-party meeting, chaired by Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, will be held September 21 in order to ensure smooth conduct of the Assembly session....

Baliguda: Forest and police officials seized two leopard skins and arrested a man during a joint raid at Baliguda bus stand in Kandhamal district Friday. Uttam Majhi of Ratang village under Phiringia police station was arrested on charges of illegal possession of the skins, Divisional...

Puri: A 20-year-old college student was found hanging inside her hostel room at a women’s college in Puri Thursday evening, police said Friday. The deceased was identified as Nandini Bag, a first-year 3 Commerce student of the college and a native of Kadipur village in...

Bhubaneswar: Intellectuals, young people, particularly Gen Z, must raise awareness about preventing pollution and adopt environmentally friendly practices in their daily lives. Only through everyone’s active participation we can build a clean and healthy environment, said Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia...

Puri: Joint teams comprising police personnel, food safety officials and officials of the Weights and Measures department are conducting raids on Khaja preparation units and shops in Puri following complaints of poor quality, short weight and unhygienic preparation of the popular sweet. Puri SP Prateek...

Bhubaneswar: Utkal University authorities Friday lodged a police complaint over an alleged leak of a question paper for the ongoing second-semester degree exam, an official said. From some unverified sources, we came to know that the question paper of Thursday's theory exam was leaked. However,...