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Dhenkanal: A senior clerk in the Dhenkanal Divisional Forest Officer's (DFO) office allegedly siphoned off Rs 65.90 lakh in government funds by diverting money meant for salaries, pensions, retirement arrears and other official expenses into bank accounts of himself, family members and associates, Odisha Vigilance...

Thuamul Rampur: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reportedly sought an action-taken report from the Ernakulam police commissioner within four weeks over the disappearance of a 22-year-old migrant worker from Odisha, who has been missing in Kerala since October 4 last year. Ratha Goud, a...

Bhubaneswar: Braj Mohan Ram sworn in as the 28th Governor of Odisha here at the Lok Bhavan Sunday. Orissa High Court Chief Justice Harish Tondon administered the oath of office to Ram in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy,...

By SRIDHAR MOHARANA, OP Anandapur: Despite the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s emphasis on modernising education, a government upper primary school at Shailanga village under this block in Kendujhar district continues to grapple with inadequate classrooms, teacher shortages and dilapidated infrastructure, highlighting the gap between...

By Trinath Mohanty, OP Bhubaneswar: Police have recovered only 2.46 per cent of the money lost to cyber fraud in Odisha in the first nine months of the year, with a lack of technical expertise, inadequate manpower and funding constraints hampering investigations, according to data...

By Trinath Mohanty, OP Bhubaneswar: A month after five orangutan infants were rescued from the Bichitrapur forest in Bhograi under Baleshwar district September 8, the Crime Branch’s Special Task Force (STF), which is investigating the case, has failed to make any major breakthrough. The investigation,...

By Trinath Mohanty, OP Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here appears to have become a transit point for drug traffickers. While smugglers continue to use flights from Bangkok to transport narcotics, some manage to evade detection, while others are caught by Customs and...

Dhenkanal: The state government has suspended Manoj Kumar Majhi, a junior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer serving as tehsildar of Odapada in Dhenkanal district, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department said Saturday. The suspension was communicated to the Dhenkanal District Collector through a letter (number...

Nabarangpur: In another distressing incident, a newborn baby girl was rescued from bushes near a petrol pump at Hirli Chhak in Nabarangpur after locals heard her cries. The baby, reportedly wrapped in cloth, was found abandoned by the roadside. Residents rescued her and, with the...

Tirtol: Two siblings were arrested here for their alleged involvement in multiple cyber fraud cases linked to a Common Service Centre (CSC) at Krishnanandapur market in Jagatsinghpur district. They were arrested in Kataka Saturday and produced in court. Another accused remains absconding. The accused, Sheikh...