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Rayagada: A special Vigilance court in Brahmapur Monday sentenced Ashok Kumar Padhi, a former junior engineer in the office of the Assistant Soil Conservation Officer at Gunupur in Rayagada district, to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case. The Special Vigilance Judge...

Baleshwar: Heavy rain triggered by a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal inundated several parts of Baleshwar town Tuesday, exposing the city’s long-standing drainage problems and disrupting normal life. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rainfall alert for Baleshwar, Bhadrak and...

Jajpur: A series of allegations of financial and administrative irregularities have surfaced against the principal of Upendranath Sarada Mahavidyalaya at Mugapal under Rasulpur block in Jajpur district. The allegations, detailed in a written complaint, accuse Principal Sarada Kar and a section of the college staff...

Rayagada: A 9-year-old student of a government-run residential Ashram school in Rayagada district has died of malaria, marking the second such death involving a residential school student in the district within a week. The deceased was identified as Jayasen Kandagari, son of Johan Kandagiri of...

Digapahandi: A 28-year-old man was arrested and remanded to judicial custody Tuesday for allegedly attempting to rape a 52-year-old woman and trying to kill her in a village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district. The accused, identified as Bulu Paik, was arrested by K. Nuagaon...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Tuesday urged probationary officers of the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS)-2023 batch to acquire comprehensive knowledge of Central and state welfare schemes and emerge as an effective bridge between the government and citizens. Interacting with 31 OAS probationers at Abhishek Hall...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik has constituted a party delegation to visit Talasara in Sundaragada district following the alleged gangrape of a minor girl under the Bandega police outpost limits. The BJD delegation, led by Jogesh Singh, MLA and the party’s Sundaragada...

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants allegedly decamped with gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth around Rs 20 lakh from a house in the Jamukoli area under Airfield police limits late Monday night. According to police, house owner Siba Shankar Parida discovered the burglary Tuesday morning when...

Athamallik: A 39-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death over a long-standing rivalry in Kandhapada village under Kiakata police limits in Anugola district, police said Tuesday. The victim, identified as village resident Bira Kishore Sahu, was allegedly attacked with a wooden plank by co-villager Pradeep...

Bhubaneswar: A key committee of the Puri Jagannath temple Tuesday rejected the ISKCON's claim that holding Rath Yatra on random days was in accordance with the scriptures, and asserted that it was an attempt to mislead devotees around the world. ISKCON and the Puri temple...