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Jharsuguda: Former employees, local residents and councillors Friday submitted memorandums to the district administration against Orissa Metaliks Pvt Ltd, an iron and steel company, alleging several irregularities. The allegations include illegal water extraction from the Ib river, denial of jobs to former workers and encroachment...

Tensa: A man was beaten to death with a wooden stick during a village gathering in Sundargarh district Thursday night. Police have arrested one person in connection with the case, officials said Friday. The incident took place in Sagargad village under Koida police station limits,...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Rourkela have developed a lightweight material that can come in handy in developing durable aircraft landing gear. Typically made of aluminium and aluminium alloys, aircraft landing gear is designed to absorb the weight of the aircraft and...

DHENKIKOTE: At least 15 passengers were injured, three of them critically, after a Hyva hit a passenger bus on National Highway 20 near Sanmasinabila Square in Keonjhar district late Thursday night. Police said the bus, Maa Padmabati (OD 11 J 9464), was travelling from Bahalda...

Bhubaneswar: A cyclonic circulation formed over the South Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a low-pressure area (Lopar) around May 12 or 13 that may trigger widespread rainfall and thunderstorms across Odisha over the next few days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) sources said Friday,...

Mayurbhanj: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Friday inaugurated a 33/11 KV power substation at Deuli in Mayurbhanj district through virtual mode. The substation will provide power to over 15,000 families across six panchayats in the district, such as Chuhata, Kanimahuli, Nuagaon, Jhaliamara,...

Balasore: Two students drowned in a pond while taking a bath in Odisha's Balasore district, police said Friday. The incident took place Thursday when they were bathing in the pond near their hostel in Balasore town, an officer said. The deceased, identified as Pratyush Kumar...

Thuamul Rampur: The district administration has reportedly initiated housing projects in the remote Kenduguda and Kandaguda villages under Sindhipadar panchayat in Kalahandi district’s Thuamul Rampur block, following reports on the lack of basic amenities in the area. Kalahandi Chief Development Officer (CDO) Soumya Ranjan Pradhan...

New Delhi/Balasore: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon off the coast of Odisha, it was announced Friday. TARA, the modular range extension kit, is India’s first...

Koraput: Amid the ongoing border contention over Kotia panchayat in Koraput district, the Andhra Pradesh government Thursday reportedly began its census exercise in the disputed villages situated along the Odisha-Andhra border. According to local sources, teams from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh entered several border villages in...