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Christchurch: India won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand in the second T20 International here Saturday. India made two changes, replacing injured Ishan Kishan with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi while Prince Yadav came in for Mayank Yadav. For New Zealand Jacob Duffy came in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday cancelled holidays for its employees and placed disaster response teams on standby as a weather system over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm and move toward the north Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha coasts. A...

SUBHAKANTA NAYAK, OP Hatadihi: More than 150 students of nine classes are forced to take lessons in just three crammed rooms at a government school in Kendujhar district, where a shortage of teachers and basic facilities is disrupting the learning process and raising safety concerns....

Hatadihi: Wanted history-sheeter Arjun Pradhan was injured in a police encounter in Kendujhar district after allegedly opening fire at police personnel while attempting to escape custody. Two police officers were also injured in the incident. Pradhan, a native of Dasha mania village under Jakhapura police...

Papadahandi: A 60-year-old man was allegedly killed in an axe attack at Kadamguda village under Sirsi gram panchayat in Papadahandi block of Nabarangpur district, Friday. Police have arrested the accused, identified as Udayanath Amanatya alias Sukru. The deceased was identified as Mundara Pujari, a resident...

Bhubaneswar: A month after landslides disrupted rail connectivity on the Koraput-Kirandul route, East Coast Railway (ECoR) completed restoration work at all three affected locations Thurs day night, paving the way for the resumption of goods train movement. Train services on the section had remained suspended...

Baragada: A seven-year-old boy was killed in Karnapa village under Bijepur police station limits of Baragada district after an argument over fishing, police said, adding that a 13-year-old boy is being questioned in connection with the death. The body of the victim, Ashish Bhue, son...

Umarkot: The naked and mutilated body of a woman was found in a reserved forest beside a canal in Nabarangpur district Friday, with police suspecting that she was murdered. The body was discovered near Chikalpadar in Umarkot block. The woman is believed to be more...

SARAT KUMAR DHAL, OP Pottangi: Political tension mounted along the disputed Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border Friday after a 16-member delegation from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) confronted election campaign workers of a political party from Andhra Pradesh in the border territory of Kotia gram panchayat. The standoff...

TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: At least three dozen government officials and employees attached to the Works Department’s Roads and Buildings (R&B) division have been arrested on corruption charges over the past four years, officials said, highlighting widespread corruption within the state infrastructure agency. The arrests...