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Keonjhar: An 11-year-old tribal student died Monday after being admitted to Padmapur community health centre (CHC) in Keonjhar district, while his family blamed the school authorities in Bhubaneswar for the incident. The deceased was identified as Milan Oram, the only son of Falguni and Chaitanya...

Rourkela: One person died and 30 others were injured when a mini pick-up van overturned after hitting a tree in Odisha's Sundargarh district Monday, police said. The accident happened when the van carrying labourers was moving from Kela to Kindrikela in the Bonai area of...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday said that bureaucrat-turned-politician VK Pandian might have announced his retirement from politics, but not from former chief minister Naveen Patnaik. The BJD made this announcement at a press conference addressed by party's spokespersons Lenin Mohanty and Tambunath Panda....

Baripada: A POCSO court here in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl in 2021. POCSO court judge Pratima Patra has also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on both the convicts—Samaya Murmu (33) and Matu Murmu...

Bhubaneswar: To attract investment, the Odisha government Monday approved Electronics Component Manufacturing Policy and IT Policy, an official said. The state cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, this evening has approved the two policies. The Electronics Component Manufacturing policy aims to generate...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said his government will launch a cadet pilot programme to train tribal girls to become pilots. Majhi announced this while addressing the Eastern Region Ministers' Conference for Civil Aviation here. The cadet pilot programme would be started...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday urged the Centre to set up a satellite unit of the National Tribhuvan Sahkari University (TSU), the country's lone cooperative institute, at Gopalpur in Ganjam district. The TSU is the country's first national-level institute located in Gujarat that provides education,...

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the surge of passengers during the upcoming Durga Puja festival, the Railways has decided to operate a weekly special train service between Bihar's Patna and Puri in Odisha, an official said. The Patna-Puri-Patna Weekly Puja Special will depart from Patna every...

Cuttack: Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) Monday announced the list of marquee players for Odisha Pro T20 League. The franchise-based T20 tournament, featuring six dynamic teams representing various regions of Odisha, is set to debut in September. Subhranshu Senapati, Swastik Samal, Govinda Poddar, Sandeep Pattnaik, Aashirwad...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Monday visited the residence of BJD president and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik and enquired about his health. Patnaik, the 78-year-old leader, was released from a hospital here August 20 after recovering from dehydration. The governor's visit to Naveen...