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Bhubaneswar: A heatwave warning was issued for six districts of Odisha for Tuesday, while hot and humid weather conditions were forecast in 11 others, officials said. Heatwave conditions are likely to prevail in Jharsuguda, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Boudh, Nayagarh and Sonepur districts, they said. Among the...

Keonjhar: A tribal man in Odisha's Keonjhar district Monday brought the skeleton of his dead sister to a bank to withdraw the money deposited in her name, police said. The incident occurred at Maliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank located at Patana block of Keonjhar...

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru bundled out Delhi Capitals for 75, lowest score of this season, in their IPL match Monday. Opting to bowl, pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/5) and Josh Hazlewood (4/12) shared seven wickets, while Rasikh Salam Dar (1/21) and Syuash Sharma...

Mayurbhanj: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) said it will probe the death of a class 5 tribal student and the illness of more than 100 others after they allegedly consumed stale food at a state-run residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. The move...

Berhampur: The district administration in Odisha's Ganjam Monday launched free auto-rickshaw ambulance services to ferry pregnant women and children below the age of one year from remote areas to nearby health centres. The 'Nirikhyana Sathi' initiative was inaugurated by Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vassan at...

Astaranga(Puri): A school-level awareness programme on mangroves and coastal ecology was held in the Devi river mouth region of Puri district, with 62 students from communities dependent on wetlands and mangroves taking part. Hosted at Jhadling Upper Primary School and nearby institutions, the one-day programme...

Bhawanipatna: A man and his nephew were killed in a road accident involving a motorcycle and a pick-up van in Odisha's Kalahandi district Monday, police said. The accident took place at Budipadar Chhak within Junagarh block when a pick-up van hit a motorcycle, resulting in...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday urged Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy to disqualify eight suspended MLAs as they have indulged in anti-party activities and also violated the combined decision of the party during and after the recently held Rajya Sabha elections. A delegation of...

Baripada: Five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said. Both the accidents took place within Karanjia police station limits in the tribal-dominated district, they said. A couple riding a motorcycle was killed after a head-on collision with an...

Jajpur: Poverty continues to plague several Juang families in Nagada, a cluster of villages under Sukinda block in this district, which had drawn nationwide attention in 2016 after more than a dozen children died from malnutrition. Following the July 2016 infant deaths, the state government...