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Bhubaneswar: The report of a high-level committee constituted by the Odisha government to inquire into the death of a Nepalese student at KIIT University in February is under examination, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj informed the Assembly Friday. A 20-year-old student from Nepal was found...

Jajpur: Two police officers in Odisha's Jajpur have been transferred to the district police headquarters, as they were involved in a fight inside a police station, an official said. Superintendent of Police Yash Pratap Shrimal transferred Alkund police station Inspector-in-charge (IIC) Debashis Satpathy and assistant...

Bhadrak/Chhatrapur: Two young women lost their lives in separate road accidents along the busy National Highway-16 Thursday, triggering public outrage, protests, and renewed calls for stronger road-safety measures. In Bhadrak district, a college student, Shraddhanjali Panda of Bhandaripokhari College, was killed after a sand-laden tractor...

Sambalpur: A day after the body of a 15-year-old girl was recovered from a drain in Shantinagar under Ainthapali police limits here, her kin Thursday alleged that she had been murdered. The deceased, identified as Saishraddha Mishra, was the granddaughter of Ashok Kumar Mishra and...

Balasore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 128th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat' was broadcast across polling booths nationwide November 30, with the Basta Assembly constituency once again topping participation in Odisha. According to local organisers, Booth Number-257 in the Basta Assembly constituency achieved hundred per cent...

Keonjhar/Patana: A 29-year-old man in Keonjhar district scaled a high-voltage power transmission tower Thursday in a dramatic attempt to speak with his girlfriend. The incident brought to onlookers’ mind scenes from the 1975 Bollywood blockbluster Sholay. The incident took place near Judia under the Town...

Bhubaneswar: A swift police response foiled a late-night robbery attempt near Patia Baradei Temple, resulting in the arrest of four armed suspects and the seizure of weapons and other materials intended for the crime, police said Thursday. The accused have been identified as Budhadeb Barik...

Bhubaneswar: Asserting that Odisha's BJP government never accorded political protection to any criminal during its 18 months of rule in the state, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Thursday said he is equally worried over any crime against women. Majhi said this while replying to a...

Jajpur: Odisha Police Thursday said they busted an armed burglary gang by arresting 14 people and recovering stolen items worth Rs 40 lakh from their possession. Police also seized several weapons, a four-wheeler, two motorcycles and 15 mobile phones used in the crimes. The arrested...

Bhubaneswar: A guest faculty of Odisha government-run Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in Bhubaneswar was arrested Thursday for allegedly sexually harassing a girl student, police said. The accused person was arrested on the basis of a written complaint filed by the principal of the college at Kharvelnagar...