Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police’s Special Crime Unit conducted raids in the Kalpana and Laxmisagar areas of Bhubaneswar following complaints of illegal sale of ‘ganja, gutkha, pan masala’ and other tobacco products Tuesday. The operation focused particularly on shops located near educational institutions, where police checked...
Bhubaneswar: Three retired Odisha government employees, including a doctor, have been convicted by vigilance courts in separate cases, officials said Tuesday. The convicted officials are Jharsuguda District Headquarters Hospital's retired senior surgery specialist Debendranath Nayak, assistant revenue inspector Durga Prasad Sahu and retired soil conservation...
Baleshwar/Baripada: Flood concerns have resurfaced in northern Odisha as the Jalaka River reportedly reached its danger level in Baleshwar district Tuesday and the Budhabalanga continued to swell amid persistent rainfall linked to a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal. At Mathani in Basta block,...
Baripada: A 20-year-old from Baripada in Mayurbhanj district returned home safely Monday after narrowly escaping the devastation caused by the recent flash floods in Nepal. Kulsum Nigar reached her home in Natha Sahi under Ward 23 of Baripada town after a long journey, bringing relief...
Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: Coastal Kendrapada will soon have a National Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Park as the Centre has accorded in-principle approval under the Shipbuilding Development Scheme (SbDS) of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, marking a major boost to the state’s maritime and shipbuilding ambitions....
By SIBADATTA SAHOO, OP Chitrakonda: The sorry state of education in the tribal-dominated Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district stands exposed as the Dabalpa Government Primary School in the remote Ralegada panchayat under Chitrakonda block runs from the verandah of a church in the absence of...
Kantabanji: A 14-year-old boy died by suicide after his family allegedly refused to give him money for a mobile recharge in Kulihadar village under Kantabanji police limits in Balangir district Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Debendra Banchhor, son of Rudraksh Banchhor. He...
Debagada: A 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Kundheigola police station area of Debagada district, police said Monday. The accused, identified as Surendra Biswal alias Suren, son of Pramod Biswal of Khairapali village, was produced before a court Monday and...
Talacher: A knife duel that ensued between two loco pilots following an argument at a rented house in Ganesh Vihar in Anugola district late Sunday night left one of them dead and another fighting for life, police said Monday. The deceased loco pilot identified as...
Dhusuri: A 42-year-old bus conductor died after he fell from a moving bus and came under its rear wheel at Telipatana Square near Betaligaan on State Highway 35 between Bhadrak and Aradi Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Prabhat Mallik of Balibili village near...
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