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Keonjhar: The Government Engineering College (GEC) at Jamunalia in Keonjhar district, affiliated with BPUT, is grappling with a host of significant challenges. With a severe shortage of permanent staff, more than half of the faculty positions remain vacant, adversely affecting the quality of education. Students...

Keonjhar: A convict in a murder case who was serving a life sentence escaped from Keonjhar jail Saturday. The runaway prisoner was identified as Paresh Munda, 36, of Raigoda village under Sadar Police limits in Keonjhar district. He fled after giving a slip to guards...

Sundargarh: Two people were killed and three others were seriously injured in a crash on National Highway-143 in Sundargarh district Sunday. The accident occurred near the Chandiposh police station when a speeding truck (Hyva) collided with an SUV (Scorpio), killing two people on the spot....

Angul: Forest officials discovered the carcass of a 20-year-old elephant in Pupunda area of Angul Forest Division Sunday. The elephant was seen roaming the area Saturday but was found dead by Forest staff the following morning. The Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) was promptly notified about...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday undertook field visits in three districts to assess crop damage due to recent unseasonal rainfall in the state and assured farmers that his government would provide assistance to affected growers. He extended the last date for making...

Bhawanipatna: Krishna Chandra Nag, a farmer from the Golamunda block in Odisha's Kalahandi district, expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mentioning his efforts towards self-reliance in the PM's monthly programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Sunday. Krishna Chandra, who uses modern agricultural techniques, grows...

Berhampur: Authorities of Berhampur-based MKCG Medical College & Hospital Sunday terminated four doctors, including an assistant professor and three senior residents from their services, and debarred a second-year postgraduate resident from the hostel for six months for allegedly assaulting a student December 20, an official...

Balasore: A couple in Odisha's Balasore district allegedly sold their newborn boy to a childless couple in neighbouring Mayurbhanj district, police said Sunday. The matter came to light when locals could not find the nine-day-old baby in the home of Dharmu Behera and his wife...

Kolkata/Baripada: Tigress Zeenat, which had strayed from Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) to Bankura in West Bengal, was finally captured Sunday afternoon after being sedated with tranquillisers, chief wildlife warden Debal Roy said. The tigress had kept wildlife officials from both states on edge for...

Baripada: A 32-year-old man died Sunday after a swarm of bees attacked him outside his residence in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said. Biswanath Murmu, employed with the rural development department as junior engineer, breathed his last on way to hospital, they said. “He was attacked...