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Interstate BEd admission racket busted; two arrested

Interstate BEd admission racket busted; two arrested

Jharsuguda: In a significant breakthrough, Jharsuguda police have uncovered a major interstate education fraud racket that allegedly duped hundreds of students across Odisha. Operating under the name One World Academy, the racket lured students with false promises of guaranteed admission into BEd colleges in Andhra...

Chhendipada forest

Jumbo calf rescued from well after hours-long effort

Chhendipada: A male elephant calf was rescued from an open well after a prolonged operation in Angul district late Saturday night, forest officials said Sunday. A herd of 19 elephants entered Dhangurumunda village under the Chhendipada forest range around 9 pm Saturday while moving toward...

Head Master

Suspended HM held for molesting minor

Tentulikhunti: A headmaster of a government-run residential school under this block in Nabarangpur district was arrested Sunday, a day after his suspension over the alleged molestation of a Class VII student. The accused was identified as Sukanta Kumar Sarangi, headmaster of the Sebashram school under...

Heatwaves

Heatwave sweeps Western Odisha; seven places above 43°C

Bhubaneswar: The industrial town of Jharsuguda recorded the hottest place in Odisha Sunday at 44.8 degrees Celsius, even as heatwave conditions swept through the western region of the state, IMD said. Seven places in Western Odisha recorded temperatures of 43 degrees Celsius and above. Jharsuguda...

Bhagabati Bhavan

OLM workers plan agitation against restructuring

Bhubaneswar: Women’s collectives associated with Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) have announced plans to launch statewide protests, alleging that the ongoing restructuring process by the state government is effectively dismantling the programme and jeopardising the livelihoods of millions. At a state-level meeting of ‘Nikhila Odisha Jeebika...

LoP, photojournalists remember Raghu Rai

LoP, photojournalists remember Raghu Rai

Bhubaneswar: A condolence meeting was organised to pay tribute to renowned photojournalist Raghu Rai, one of the country’s most celebrated visual storytellers, who chronicled modern India. Rai died at a private hospital in New Delhi early Sunday. He was 83. The event took place at...

Arabinda Kumar Padhee IAS 2

Ensure strict compliance with legal provisions: Govt

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of procedural violation on document registration process, the Revenue and Disaster Management department has directed all registering authorities to ensure strict compliance with legal provisions related to document registration. The government has taken note of a growing number of instances where registration...

Odisha CM targets Congress after women’s reservation bill derailment

Release librarian application process soon, aspirants to CM

Bhubaneswar: A group of job aspirants has appealed to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday, seeking early commencement of the application process for librarian posts announced under OSSC Specialist CGL 2025 recruitment. In a memorandum to the CM, the candidates stated that the indicative advertisement...

Bhadrak

Boy’s death at CHC sparks violent stir

Basudevpur: Angry residents ransacked the Basudevpur community health centre (CHC) in Bhadrak district following the death of a 14-year-old boy, allegedly due to a wrongly administered injection. The deceased was identified as Mukesh Barik, son of Debakant Barik and a student of Class IX of...

Census

Two Census workers die of ‘sunstroke

Betnoti/Sundargarh: Two teachers engaged in Census work died of reported sunstroke in separate incidents in the state Sunday. In Mayurbhanj district, Rajkapur Hembram, a teacher of Baidyanath High School at Purinda Kakharua under Betnoti block, died Sunday evening while undergoing treatment at PRM Medical College...

 

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