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Puri-Patna-Puri Express gets modern LHB coaches

Bhubaneswar: ECoR introduced modern LHB coaches in the Puri-Patna-Puri Express, enhancing passenger comfort, safety and the overall travel experience. LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches are modern, lightweight stainless steel passenger rail coaches designed to replace older Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coaches for higher safety, speed,...

Risking deep waters to keep lessons afloat

Nabarangpur: For most teachers, reaching school is a routine part of the job. But for two teachers in Nabarangpur district, it involves a daily journey fraught with risk across the vast waters of the Indravati reservoir in a country boat, followed by long walks to...

Three cannabis farmers held; 12,000 plants destroyed

Nandapur/Koraput: In a first, Koraput police arrested three farmers while they were allegedly tending cannabis plants in a 10-acre forest area near Disariguda and Lenziguda villages under Padua police station, officials said Friday. Addressing a press conference at the Koraput police headquarters Friday, Superintendent of...

History-sheeter injured in gunfight with police

Baleshwar: A history-sheeter was apprehended by Baleshwar police late Thursday night after sustaining a gunshot injury to his leg during an exchange of fire with police personnel. The injured accused, identified as Lokesh Singh, a native of Bihar, is undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters...

Bus crashes into tree; driver dies, 30 pax injured

Nayagada: The driver of a private bus was killed, and more than 30 passengers were injured, seven of them seriously, after the vehicle crashed into an Arjun tree near Janhipa da Square on National Highway 57 in Baunsiapada under Itamati police limits in Nayagada district...

Assembly Standing Committee-III visits UP

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Legislative Assembly’s Departmentally Related Standing Committee-III, headed by Chairman Babu Singh, is on a visit to Uttar Pradesh from September 2 to September 7, 2026, to study the functioning of the state legislature and various parliamentary practices. The delegation includes committee members...

Railway employee tortured in RPF custody

Bhubaneswar: A railway employee was subjected to horrific torture in Brahmapur RPF custody on suspicion of theft. The victim, identified as Soumya Ranjan Mishra, was allegedly beaten, had his hand and leg broken, and was given electric shocks to his private parts. Siddhanta Mishra, an...

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