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Bhubaneswar: In an unfortunate development, as many as six persons, including two minor girls, lost their lives in a tragic road accident in the Purusottampur area of Odisha’s Ganjam district Friday. As per reports, an auto-rickshaw carrying 10 members of a family from Erandra village...

Bhubaneswar: A Class-XII student in Odisha reportedly scored 102 out of 100 marks in English paper in the recently declared Council of Higher Secondary Education board examination results, a source said Friday. The error surfaced in the result of Biswajeet Oram, a science student of...

Bhubaneswar: More than 1.18 lakh students from various higher educational institutions in Odisha have been provided internship and community service opportunities as per NEP-2020 during the academic year 2025-26, an official statement said Friday. As per the provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 and...

Rayagada: The alleged embezzlement of lakhs of rupees in the Kalyansinghpur Large Area Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (LAMPCS) has taken a new turn after the Vigilance Department raids the residence of managing director Tarini Tripathy Friday. A six-member team conducted searches at Tripathy’s house in Jilunda...

Berhampur: At least six people were killed and four others injured after a bus collided with an autorickshaw in Odisha's Ganjam district Friday, police said. The accident occurred near Ladkapalli Square under the Purushottampur Police Station limits when the bus hit the three-wheeler, a senior...

Paradip: Production remained suspended Thursday at the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) fertiliser plant in Paradip, regarded as Asia’s largest fertiliser manufacturing facility, following a shortage of imported raw materials caused by disruptions in Middle East shipping routes. Plant officials said supplies of key...

Joda: A student committed suicide by hanging Wednesday evening after failing in the Plus II examination in Keonjhar district. The deceased was identified as Shubham Pradhan, son of Deb Narayan Pradhan, a resident of the Railway Colony area near Jurudi under Bamebari police limits in...

Bargarh: Police in Bargarh district Thursday arrested a rape accused who had reportedly remained absconding for 16 years. The accused, identified as Sahadev alias Gangadhar Pandey, 42, of Mahada village under Bhatli police station limits, was produced before a court in Bargarh and later remanded...

Belguntha: Three persons allegedly died of heatstroke in separate incidents in Buguda and Belguntha blocks of Ganjam district Thursday. The deceased were identified as Daktar Swain, a Class-IV employee of People’s College in Buguda, Sudhir Chandra Swain, a farmer and LIC agent of Chilikhama village...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: A worrying rise in fire incidents across the Capital city in past months has triggered fresh concerns over urban fire safety, emergency preparedness, and enforcement of safety norms. Devastating market blazes, industrial fires, and vehicle accidents in several parts of the...