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Dhamnagar: Dhamnagar Notified Area Council (NAC) Executive Officer Santosh Kumar Nayak was suspended over allegations of misuse of Form-7 and onetime passwords (OTPs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Nayak was suspended Monday. The suspension was ordered by the Additional Chief...

Baisinga: Police have detained a 13-year-old boy after he allegedly took a six-year-old girl, a relative, into a nearby forest and sexually assaulted her in Baisinga police station area of Mayurbhanj district. According to the complaint, the girl was playing outside her house Sunday evening...

Bhubaneswar: A state-level protest by more than 500 medical and sales representatives was held in Bhubaneswar Monday over job security, service conditions and other employment-related demands. The protest was organised by the Odisha Sales Representatives Union (OSRU) at the call of the Federation of Medical...

Brahmapur:  Two 17-year-old boys were detained in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly murdering a youth following an altercation over a request for matchsticks to light a cigarette, police said Monday. Ayushman Tripathy alias Suman, 18, was allegedly assaulted by the two boys September 14 after...

Baripada: Two persons died when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding vehicle in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said. The accident took place near Kaliashol village under Suliapada block of the district. The deceased have been identified as Rahul Naik and Raju Naik, residents...

Astaranga: A mangrove plantation drive and community awareness programme was recently held along the Devi river mouth wetlands in Puri district’s Astaranga block. Over 55 local residents—including women, fishermen, youth, and leaders from Alasa hi and Jhadling Gram Panchayats—joined Odisha Environmental Society (OES) members to...

Basta: Two women were crushed to death by a train while crossing the tracks near Basta railway station in Baleshwar district, police said. The victims were identified as Sita Hansda, 64, of Baunasha tofa village, and her sister-in-law Kapura Murmu, 57, of Parulia village, both...

Bhubaneswar: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has granted accreditation for postgraduate medical education programmes at several government health institutions in Odisha, opening up 17 new seats in paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology and medicine. Under the latest recognition, five district headquarters...

Udala: Students from an ashram school hostel walked about nine kilometers Monday to meet the Mayurbhanj Collector, after repeated complaints about conditions at their hostel went unaddressed, reports said. The students live at the Bisipur Ashram School hostel under the Khunta block of Mayurbhanj district....

Bhubaneswar: State government will examine the recommendations of the Ashok Tripathy Committee on various issues faced by teachers and take appropriate decisions, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Monday. The committee, constituted to examine the problems and demands of teachers engaged in primary, upper primary,...