Koraput: Three staff members, including two teachers of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Koraput, have been suspended following the drowning of three students in the Kolab Reservoir, officials said Sunday. According to the district administration, the regional office of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti suspended...
Digapahandi: A man allegedly attacked his foster-father with a surgical blade and slit his neck following a family dispute in Bhismagiri village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district Sunday afternoon. The injured man, identified as Simanchal Sahu, is undergoing treatment at the Digapahandi Community Health...
Rayagada: A woman allegedly attempted suicide near the Majhighariani Temple in Rayagada town Saturday by consuming phenyl and setting herself on fire. The woman has been identified as Shubhadra Majhi of the Indiranagar area in Rayagada. According to reports, she first consumed phenyl in front...
Digapahandi: At least 12 people were injured, five of them seriously, after a pickup van turned turtle near Pilikadhia village in Ganjam district Sunday morning. The accident occurred at around 10 am on the Bankeswari Ghat road near the Kerandimal hill under B Turubudi panchayat...
Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Bal Vivah Mukti Rath—a massive awareness campaign against child marriage concluded its journey, travelling 50,543 km across the state and connecting more than 17.7 lakh people. The campaign on wheels, organised by Just Rights for Children, covered...
Bhubaneswar: Promoting aquaculture or fish farming is essential for ensuring nutrition security and addressing malnutrition, particularly in developing countries, experts said at a seminar organised by Orissa Environmental Society (OES) Sunday. The seminar, held on the theme ‘Grow Fish for Nutrition Security’, highlighted the growing...
Bhubaneswar: Empower women to create a circle of protection so that everyone can remain safe and contribute to development, Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy said while attending an event organised by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday. BMC organised a mass run to mark International...
Baripada: Four poachers were arrested by forest officials in the southern division of the Similipal National Park tiger reserve in Mayurbhanj district after their movement was detected by AI-enabled surveillance cameras. The accused were identified as Sunil Bhakta, 25, Sahadev Mallick, 20, Ramchandra Hansdah, 25,...
Bhubaneswar: Saheed Nagar Police Sunday arrested a conman from Karnataka for allegedly luring a woman on false promise of marriage and assaulting her physically and sexually in the City, indicating a possible ‘Love Jihad’ angle to the incident. The accused was identified as Irfan Ansari,...
Malkangiri: Malkangiri Police have unearthed an interstate online betting racket, arresting four scammers, including two kingpins from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. After verifying 142 mule accounts, police found that some of those accounts were created by middlemen belonging to the Kotpad area with the false promise of...
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