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Brahmapur: Around 40 students from five government-run Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and a state-run engineering school have started providing free repair services for electrical and electronic equipment and water supply systems in cyclone Arnab-ravaged Ganjam district, with Aska, the worst-affected town, being their primary focus....

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday conducted searches in Odisha and West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged investment fraud with depositors involving funds of Rs 120 crore, officials said. The probe stems from an Odisha Police Economic Offences Wing...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: The multi-agency search and rescue operation at landslide-ravaged Gidipabali village in south Odisha was halted Wednesday due to inclement weather, as families of 10 missing persons prepared to perform their final rituals, a senior official said. The decision to temporarily suspend the operation was...

By Bikash Kumar Dhal, OP Banta: A shortage of teachers at Government Bantala Nodal UP School in Banta block of Bhadrak district has disrupted classroom teaching, prompting parents to demand immediate intervention to safeguard students' education. Despite having adequate infrastructure, the school is struggling to...

Baripada: A nine-month-old tiger cub rescued from a human settlement near Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) is making encouraging progress in learning to survive in the wild, having begun displaying its natural hunting instincts. The cub, currently housed in the Jamuna enclosure under the South Wildlife...

Ganjam: An auto-rickshaw driver in Ganjam town has reportedly received an e-challan of Rs 1,000 for not wearing a helmet while driving his three-wheeler, raising questions over a possible error in the traffic enforcement system. The driver, identified as Prafulla Kumar Panda, said he had...

Nabarangpur: Thousands of women belonging to the District Nari Mahasangha staged a protest outside the sub-collector’s office in Nabarangpur, demanding the immediate release of their adviser and anti-liquor activist Rajesh Jani. Carrying sticks and raising slogans, the protesters Tuesday surrounded the office from noon, expressing...

Nabarangpur: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Nabarangpur Superintendent of Police to submit an investigation report within eight weeks over allegations that a nine-member Dalit family was forcibly evicted from its home in Badadamapala village. The complaint alleges that Fagunu Harijan, 70,...

Raurkela: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has begun constructing a 3.2-km reinforced cement concrete (RCC) boundary wall along the Dumerta railway corridor as part of preparations for its proposed expansion, which aims to increase hot metal production capacity from 4.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to...

Baripada/Rairangpur: A 30-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death by a group of youths following a mobile phone snatching incident at Chaunradh Chhak under Badampahar police station limits in Mayurbhanj district. Police have detained four suspects in connection with the incident. The deceased, identified as...