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No power: New sub-registrar office in Ganjam remains shut

Ganjam: Built at a cost of Rs 1 crore, the new sub-registrar’s office has remained locked for nearly 18 months due to lack of an electricity connection, much to the disappointment of hundreds of people visiting the office daily for property and marriage registrations. The...

Order

Man gets 20-year RI for kidnapping, raping minor gir

Bhadrak: Minati Panda, Additional District Judge and Judge of the Fast Track Court-cum-POCSO Court in Bhadrak, has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs20,000 in a case of abduction and rape of a minor. The court ruled...

Champua

Three of family killed as SUV hits tree

Champua: Three members of a family were killed, and another sustained critical injuries after a Mahindra Thar SUV crashed into a roadside tree near Rajia under Champua police limits in Kendujhar district while they were on their way to a hospital Wednesday night, police said....

ganja smuggling

Interstate ganja smuggling kingpin’s properties seized

Phulbani: Police seized properties worth over Rs4 crore of the kingpin of an interstate ganja smuggling ring in Kandhamal district and arrested another accused, sources said Thursday. The recent arrest takes the total number of arrests to nine, SP Ramendra Prasad said at a presser...

FM varsity

Commissioner-cum-Secy reviews academic, devpt initiatives at FM varsity

Baleshwar: A meeting was held at Fakir Mohan University (FMU) under the chairmanship of Aravind Agrawal, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Government of Odisha, to review the University’s academic, research, and developmental initiatives. The meeting was attended by Vice-Chancellor Prof Santosh Kumar Tripathy,...

  MKCG Medical College and Hospital

Miscreant creates ruckus at PHC; video goes viral

Chhatrapur: A man identified as Arjun Jena allegedly smashed the glass doors of the Ayushman Arogya Mandir, a primary health centre in Ganjam town Thursday. The CCTV footage of the incident has since gone viral on social media. According to officials, Jena, a resident of...

Brown sugar

Two held with brown sugar

Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested two drug peddlers and seized 16 grams of brown sugar from their possession during a raid at Jatni, officials said Thursday. A special team from Jatni police station conducted a surprise raid near Smasana Padia at Mundia Sahi and apprehended the...

BMC

BMC property tax, parking fee collections see decline

Bhubaneswar: Revenue collections from property tax and parking fees by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have declined over the past two financial years, according to official data. The BMC collected Rs 7.55 crore in property tax during the 2024-25 financial year, which fell to Rs...

Higher Secondary admissions

46,570 selected for Plus II admissions

Bhubaneswar: A total of 46,570 applicants have been selected in the Phase-I second selection for Higher Secondary admissions for the 2026– 27 academic year, out of 87,549 applicants considered during the process. Of the selected candidates, 25,874 secured admission through slide-up requests, while 15,569 applicants...

 

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