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By ASHOK KUMAR PARIDA, OP Korukonda: Children of Bataguda Government Primary School in Malkangiri district are forced to take classes on the verandah of a community centre as the school has no building of its own. The school, located in the remote Bayapada Ghat area...

Dhusuri: A nearly 200-foot stretch of the Baitarani river embankment near Olag village in Bhadrak district’s Chandbali block collapsed Friday night, triggering panic among residents who fear a breach if the river swells again. Another stretch of about 300 feet has reportedly sunk, leaving the...

Chhatrapur: Brahmapur Vigilance officials Saturday arrested ICDS Supervisor B. Uma Patro and Junior Revenue Assistant (JRA) Narasingha Behera, posted at the CDPO office in Hinjilikatu, for allegedly demanding and accepting a 30,000 bribe. According to Vigilance officials, the accused demanded the money from an Anganwadi...

Phulbani: Police in Kandhamal district have arrested a man who allegedly posed as a Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI), extorted money from motorists and sexually exploited women by promising to marry them, police said Saturday. The accused has been identified as Dharmendra Kumar Behera, alias Nikhil...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said the state was transitioning from a "mine economy to mind economy," with a focus on agriculture and clean energy. Referring to the state finance ministers' conference chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, he said the...

Patrapur: A headmaster at a primary school in Ganjam district has been suspended for closing the school ahead of scheduled hours, an act that also brought wider irregularities to light. Biswanath Pradhan, headmaster of Jagannathpur Primary School under Gundura panchayat in Patrapur block, was suspended...

Baleshwar: Fakir Mohan University (FMU) marked International Coastal Cleanup Day 2026 with a cleanup and awareness campaign at Chandipur Beach, bringing together more than 200 students, teachers and non-teaching staff. The programme was organised under the Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar 5.0 initiative in association with...

Brahmapur: A court in Odisha's Ganjam district Saturday sentenced five men to three years' rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in a mule bank account fraud case. The Judicial Magistrate First Class court at Khallikote convicted the five men -- Sushant Sahu, Sudam Patra, Pabitra Sahu,...

Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar: CBI Saturday collected incriminating documents and digital evidence during coordinated searches conducted in Hyderabad and Odisha in connection with a Rs 48.48 crore PNB loan fraud by two private companies, an official said. During the operation by the Central Bureau of Investigation’s Bank Security...

Jayapur: Vikram Dev University in Jayapur, Koraput district, Saturday postponed its second-semester undergraduate Ability Enhancement Course (AEC 1.2) English examination after a question paper circulating on WhatsApp was found to match the paper scheduled for the day, university officials said. The examination was scheduled to...