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Baripada: Flood condition has worsened across Mayurbhanj district following incessant rain triggered by a low-pressure system, with all 18 blocks and Baripada municipality affected, officials said. Rising water levels in the Budhabalanga, Gangahar and Subarnarekha rivers have heightened concerns in several areas. The Budhabalanga crossed...

DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: A 91-member team of artistes belonging to five different tribal dance groups from Ganjam district met the President of India Droupadi Murmu, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Tuesday, led by the Ganjam Collector, V Keerthi Vasan. The President...

Chitrakonda: Chemically mixed iron ore dust and liquid spilled onto a road and nearby farmland after a slurry pipeline operated by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) India burst near Pabiliguda village in Chitrakonda area of Malkangiri district at about 11 am Tuesday. The incident sparked panic...

Chhendipada: In a bizarre incident, a member of a Forest Department squad deployed near a village in Anugola district to drive away wild elephants had to climb a mango tree to save his life when a herd of marauding jumbos chased him, officials and residents...

Malkangiri: A 22-year-old man died by suicide in Malkangiri district Tuesday after a village ‘kangaroo court’ allegedly imposed a Rs 45,000 fine over his relationship with a married woman, his family alleged. The deceased has been identified as Sagar Sarkar of MV-92 village. He had...

Brahmapur: Former BJD MLA Bikram Kumar Panda was released from Brahmapur jail Tuesday, a day after the Orissa High Court granted him bail in the murder case of advocate and former Odisha State Bar Council member Pitabash Panda. Pitabash Panda was shot dead by two...

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...