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Cuttack: The Cuttack city police arrested a private school bus driver for allegedly attempting to rape two girl students, an officer said Thursday. According to the police, the driver was engaged to transport students of a private school in the Cantonment police station area, and...

Koraput: In a major development, the Koraput Police Thursday busted an interstate hashish oil manufacturing temporary unit and seized 1,800 litres of oil worth around Rs 225 crore. Following the receipt of precise and actionable Intelligence inputs regarding suspicious activities in the region, a raid...

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India Thursday formally issued a notification for the election of four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, with polling scheduled March 16. According to the notification, the last date for filing nominations is March 5, while scrutiny of papers will be...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Annapurna Devi has advised the Odisha government to organise 'Tithi Bhojan' and observe 'Poshan Diwas' in Anganwadi centres to strengthen nutrition initiatives. The union minister told this to officers of the Women and Child Development Department of Odisha during a meeting organised...

Rourkela (Odisha):  A scuffle broke out between a group of people and police personnel during a protest against a mining expansion work in Odisha's Sundargarh district Wednesday, an officer said. The residents of areas near Lanjiberna have been opposing the expansion of dolomite and limestone...

Nabarangpur: The dropout rate in Nabarangpur district is emerging as a serious concern, with an increasing number of students leaving school midway through their education. The trend, visible from primary to secondary levels, has alarmed both the School and the Mass Education Department and social...

Koraput/Borigumma: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the sensational double murder in the Borigumma area of Koraput district, Superintendent of Police Rohit Varma said Wednesday. The accused were identified as the minor’s boyfriend, P Adi Narayana Rao (21) of Dasiri Sahi, Preet Nayak...

Nayagarh/Ranpur: Two persons were killed in separate elephant attacks under the Khordha forest division Wednesday, while a youth narrowly escaped unhurt, officials said. In the first incident, Kalu Moharana, 58, of Mayurjhalia village in Nayagarh district, was trampled to death near a health centre under...

Rourkela: Eighteen years after he was allegedly lured away from his village as a minor on the promise of being taught how to drive, a man from Sundargarh district returned to Rourkela Tuesday and reunited with his family at the railway station. Purushottam Goud, a...

Chhatrapur/Berhampur: A delegation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) on a 2-day stay visited Ganjam district to assess aquaculture practices and expressed satisfaction with the standards maintained in shrimp seed hatchery operations and brackish water aquaculture in the district Tuesday and Wednesday,...