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Mayurbhanj road accident

Series of road accidents in Mayurbhanj leave five dead

Baripada: Five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said. Both the accidents took place within Karanjia police station limits in the tribal-dominated district, they said. A couple riding a motorcycle was killed after a head-on collision with an...

Nagada Juang families

Poverty still stalks Nagada Juang families

Jajpur: Poverty continues to plague several Juang families in Nagada, a cluster of villages under Sukinda block in this district, which had drawn nationwide attention in 2016 after more than a dozen children died from malnutrition. Following the July 2016 infant deaths, the state government...

Stone -Ramayana statue

Stone depicting Ramayana character found at Chandikhol

Jajpur: A rare Ramayana memorial stone has been discovered near the banks of a pond at the foothills of Mahavinayak Hill in Jajpur district recently by the members of the Rediscover Lost Heritage Trust (RLHT). Acting on information provided by Mahavinayak Temple servitor Kamal Lochan...

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...

 

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