Kendrapada: Police recovered a naked, headless body of an unidentified woman, estimated to be around 40 years old, near the Luna river embankment in Odisha’s Kendrapada district Friday morning. Preliminary suspicion suggests that the woman may have been murdered and her body dumped near the...
New Delhi: Former India batter Robin Uthappa was Friday appointed the batting coach of Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2027 Indian Premier League season. A member of India's victorious squad at the inaugural men's T20 World Cup in 2007, the 40-year-old Uthappa had played for...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission (OUSSSC) has extended the deadline for updating and validating credentials and data of candidates who applied for the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE)-2024, or Sub-Inspector level examination, by 10 days to November 8. According to a press...
Kataka: The digital X-ray machine at Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC) has remained out of order for the past three months, causing considerable inconvenience to patients. Despite repeated reminders from the hospital authorities, the agency that supplied the machine has shown little...
Bhubaneswar: Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pranati Chhotray has assumed charge as the new Managing Director of the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED). Chhotray, who was previously serving as Additional Secretary in the Home Department, formally took over the charge from Vijay Amruta...
Daringbadi: Cyclone Arnab has disrupted normal life in Daringbadi block of Kandhamala district, damaging roads and triggering landslides at several locations, causing inconvenience to residents. A fresh landslide was reported in the Gazalbadi Ghat section along National Highway 59, which connects Gopalpur in Ganjam district...
Gopalpur: Incessant rainfall triggered by cyclonic storm Arnab disrupted normal life and severely affected road connectivity along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border Thursday, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on National Highway 16. Since Thursday morning, nearly three feet of water from the Bahuda River and adjoining...
Jharsuguda/Kolabira: As wild elephants increasingly venture into human settlements in Odisha, damaging crops and houses and sometimes killing people, an elephant named Raju has emerged as an unlikely protector of villages near the Jalibahal forest in Jharsuguda district. Residents say Raju intercepts wild elephant herds...
Koraput: The Odisha government has taken a firm stance against Andhra Pradesh’s attempt to conduct panchayat elections in Kotia under Pottangi block of Koraput district, triggering heightened political and administrative activity in the state. Meanwhile, the district administration warned those found luring voters in Kotia...
Baripada: Mining officials and police personnel came under attack while trying to stop illegal sand transportation in Mayurbhanj district with sand smugglers allegedly snatching away three Hyva trucks and an excavator that had been detained by the authorities and abducting two armed police personnel before...
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