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Kuanrmunda: Police arrested four persons, including a juvenile, in connection with the rape of two minor girls in the Biramitrapur police station area of Sundaragada district and forwarded them to court, officials said Thursday. Three of the accused, identified as Manji Minz, 18, and Alex...

Digapahandi: A small idol of Goddess Kali, reportedly made of gold, was found buried in the backyard of a house at Bajapalli village under Basudevpur gram panchayat in Ganjam district early Thursday, following what the family said was a divine dream. The idol, measuring about...

Nandapur: A women-led farmers' producer organisation (FPO) in Koraput is turning 13 acres of farmland into a dual-purpose agricultural and solar power project, with 1,735 solar panels expected to generate 1 megawatt of electricity while farming continues on the same land. The project, located in...

Kendrapada: Farmers in Kendrapada district have resumed kharif cultivation after prolonged rain and flooding, but are now facing a shortage of fertiliser and attacks by stem borer pests, adding to their woes. The problems have affected cultivation across all blocks of the district. Farmers have...

Anandapur: For more than 60 families in Soy Sahi under Gayalamunda panchayat of Anandapur block in Kendujhar district, the daily struggle for drinking water has finally eased, with two tubewells now providing relief to the remote hamlet. For years, the residents had depended on a...

By PRASANT KUMAR BARIK, OP Sakhigopal: An institution where Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das once dreamed of building a generation of responsible citizens by imparting lessons in education, labour, discipline, service, self-reliance and patriotism is now struggling to preserve its own existence. The historic Satyabadi High...

Paralakhemundi: A local court in Gajapati district Thursday sentenced 12 persons to life imprisonment for murdering a father and his son on suspicion of practising witchcraft and sorcery. Additional District and Sessions Judge Haraprasad Pattnaik convicted all 12 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal...

Riamal: A 28-year old man was killed after entering the house of a woman with whom he was in a relationship in Debagada, police said Thursday, adding that three members of the woman’s family have been detained for questioning. The deceased was identified as Silu...

Malkangiri: Fifty-five live turtles were rescued and four people arrested after the Forest Department intercepted an alleged interstate wildlife smuggling operation in Malkangiri district Thrusday. According to sources, the turtles were being transported illegally from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha when authorities intercepted the vehicle during...

Dhenkanal: The PM SHRI Brajanath Badajena (BB) High School, one of Dhenkanal district’s oldest educational institutions, is facing a shortage of teachers, lack of a permanent headmaster and inadequate infrastructure, raising concern among parents, alumni and members of the public. Established in 1896, the heritage...