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Bhubaneswar: Jagatsinghpur district has emerged as an important link in the CBI’s probe into an illegal SIM Box network allegedly connected to at least 73 cybercrime cases across India, including ‘digital arrest’ frauds. The agency conducted searches at locations in Jagatsinghpur as part of simultaneous...

Nuapada: Jailer Balaram Bishi Majhi of Nuapada Sub-Jail was suspended Saturday after a prisoner escaped from the correctional facility, officials said. Majhi was suspended for alleged negligence in ensuring security at the sub-jail. The departmental action followed an incident September 7, when prisoner Biswabhihari Majhi,...

DEEPAK MISHRA, OP Kendujhar: The government has introduced several schemes for school education, nutrition and overall development of children. However, despite tall claims of transformation, the ground reality in rural areas presents a different picture. Established July 18, 1959, the Government Primary School at Badabil...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The discovery of five baby orangutans abandoned in a forest in Baleshwar has put Odisha’s wildlife trafficking network under the scanner, with investigators examining whether the state is increasingly being used as a transit corridor for the illegal movement of exotic...

Basudevpur: Two youths were killed and another seriously injured after the motorcycle they were riding crashed into a road divider and an electricity pole near MLA Colony Square in Bhadrak district, Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Gobinda Biswal and Kahnucharan Nayak, both from...

BANDANA SETHI, OP Bhubaneswar: Despite the City’s rapid transformation, Bhubaneswar’s traditional market culture remains vibrant. Amid high-rises, wider roads and sprawling shopping complexes, the City’s haats and bazaars continue to draw crowds from morning till night, with vendors’ calls and constant bargaining keeping them bustling....

KARTIK SAHU, OP Kataka: The Kataka district administration will introduce a single-window system to facilitate the speedy issuance of No Objection Certificates (NOCs) and other necessary permissions to Durga Puja committees ahead of the festival. The Kataka Sadar Sub-Collector has been designated as the nodal...

Bhubaneswar: A new initiative aimed at providing school students with hands-on, field-based vocational learning in agriculture and allied sectors was formally launched Saturday through a collaborative partnership between the Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) and the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). An...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 62,487 cases were settled during the third National Lok Adalat of the year, organised by the Khordha District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) at judicial court premises across the district Saturday. A total of 83,061 cases were taken up, of which 62,487...

Jakarta: Indonesia is working with the authorities in India to expedite the repatriation of five baby orangutans who were found in an Odisha forest, suspected to be victims of transnational wildlife trafficking, according to a local media report. The cubs, three males and two females...