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Nabarangpur: Postal department Friday suspended a former postmaster of Jharigaon Sub-Post Office in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district over allegations of "misappropriating funds". The former postmaster, identified as Gouranga Sarkar, was suspended by Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Jeypore Division, Satyabadi Biswal, following departmental action in connection...

Jharsuguda: Police conducted a major anti-illicit liquor raid in Mohanpur and Ujalpur villages under Belpahar police station in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district Friday. During the raid, police apprehended nine persons allegedly involved in the illegal manufacture and sale of liquor. Officials seized 722 litres of illicit...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday declined to halt the Delhi High Court’s order permitting wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the Asian Games 2026 selection trials, while agreeing to examine the plea filed by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) challenging the relief granted...

New Delhi: The Odisha government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Intel and 3D Glass Solutions (3DGS) to bring substrate manufacturing technology to India, according to Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw Friday. Vaishnaw congratulated the state government, Intel and...

Bhawanipatna: Beneficiaries across 26 gram panchayats under Kesinga block in Kalahandi district have not received their pension amounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for the last two months — April and May — triggering widespread resentment among 6,000 poor beneficiaries dependent on the assistance. The...

Rairakhol: Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient urban settlement and a flourishing iron-smelting industry at Purunagarh in Sambalpur district, shedding new light on the region’s early history and cultural development. The discoveries were made during an excavation conducted by the Department of History at...

Nabarangpur: Nabarangpur district continues to record the highest incidence of child marriage in Odisha, despite sustained awareness campaigns and government interventions aimed at curbing the criminal practice. According to official data, the district’s child marriage prevalence stands at 39.4 per cent, the highest in the...

Jagatsinghpur: A spy camera was recovered from the women’s washroom at the Jagatsinghpur Zilla Parishad office Thursday, prompting police to launch an investigation to identify those responsible and determine whether any footage was recorded. A complaint was lodged at Tirtol police station by Additional Executive...

Kendrapara/Rajnagar: A female police inspector has been suspended for misconduct and dereliction of duty after officials of Talchua Marine police station in Kendrapara district were accused of custodial torture. The step was taken after Annapurna Mandal, 55, and her son Ananta Kumar Mandal, 31, of...

Berhampur: Researchers from the PG department of Marine Sciences at Berhampur University have discovered a new species of marine amphipod from the rocky intertidal coast of Arjyapalli. The tiny crustacean named ‘Elasmopus arjyaensis’ was identified through both morphological and DNA-based analysis and has now been...