State

Additional programme officer arrested for taking bribe in Sambalpur district

Koraput IIC held by vigilance while accepting Rs 20,000 bribe

Bhubaneswar: A woman police inspector was arrested by vigilance officers on Thursday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a relative of an accused in Odisha's Koraput district, an official statement said. Sukma Hansdah, inspector in charge (IIC) of Dasmantpur police station, has...

Women’s College Lecture

Guest lecturer found ‘murdered’ in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: The body of a woman lecturer at Keonjhar Women’s College was recovered from a building on Mining Road here Wednesday morning, prompting police to register a murder case and arrest a local transport body officer-bearer. Police identified the deceased as Priyanka Das, 30, a...

Keonjhar-Deadbody

Youth beats his uncle to death

Dhenkanal: A 58-year-old man was beaten with a lathi to death by his nephew following an argument at Hundisahi village under Govindpur police outpost of Dhenkanal Sadar police station Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Manas Nayak, and the accused as Banambar Nayak, 29....

Nayagarh

Cash, jewellery worth over Rs 17 lakh robbed at gunpoint

Nuagaon/Odagaon: Armed miscreants robbed a house owner at gunpoint and decamped with cash and ornaments worth over Rs 7 lakh from Bahadajhola Bank Sahi under Odagaon police limits in Nayagarh district late Tuesday night. According to the complaint, four armed robbers broke into the house...

Sonepur, Hostel Sup Arabinda Mohakur

Tarbha student death: Hostel supdt suspended

Sonepur: A day after the suspicious death of a Class XII Science student at PM Shri SSD Higher Secondary School at Tarbha in Subarnapur district, the administration put under suspension the in-charge hostel superintendent over the issue. It was alleged that Aryan Suna, 17, was...

Deogarh agitation

150 detained during 12-hr Deogarh bandh

Deogarh: Deogarh witnessed heightened tension Wednesday as a 12-hour shutdown over healthcare demands coincided with the early-morning launch of bus services from a new bus stand. The District Mahila Ekata Manch called the dawn-to-dusk bandh, demanding round-the-clock health services at the old district headquarters hospital...

Utkal University

VSSUT, Utkal varsity to host students global summit 2025

Sambalpur: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, in collaboration with Utkal University (UU), will organise Amrit-Peedhi: Students Global Summit 2025 from December 18 to 20, focused on ‘Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its Ethics.’ The three-day global academic and youth leadership summit,...

collapse

Concrete plaque caves in killing school student

Kotpad: A student was killed, and two more were critically injured after an old concrete plaque collapsed on them at a residential school campus about 5 km from here in the Koraput district Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Premanand Bhatra, a Class III student....

Baripada

5-year-old tribal girl raped; kin arrested

Baripada: A five-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by one of her distant relatives in Mayurbhanj district, police said Wednesday. The accused, who resides in the neighbourhood of the minor’s family, was arrested, a senior officer said. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with Baripada...

 

OrissaPOST epaper Sunday POST OrissaPOST epaper

Ipsita

Archives

Editorial