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Nilgiri: Two minor boys drowned while bathing in the Sone river near Ranit Ghat in Pundal village under Radhakishorepur panchayat of Nilgiri block in Balasore Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Akash Mahalik, 12, son of Lakshmidhar Mahalik, and Kartik Behera, 14, son of Pradip...

Sambalpur: Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar Wednesday attacked the Centre over the NEET fiasco, asserting that a government which cannot stop paper leaks in examinations is shameless enough to hold Pariksha Pe Charcha. Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC), launched in 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is...

Bhadrak: A probe has been ordered into allegations that policemen delayed shifting an accident-injured victim to hospital as they were engaged in extortion activities in Odisha's Bhadrak district, an officer said. The alleged incident took place on National Highway-16 near Maitapur in the district Saturday....

Malkangiri: Congress MLA Mangu Khilla Wednesday received minor injury when a tree fell on his moving vehicle during a storm in Odisha's Malkangiri district. The incident took place Wednesday afternoon on the forested road between Chitrakonda and Balimela in Malkangiri. Due to high-velocity wind, a...

Baripada: Mayurbhanj district administration has declared the places that President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit as "no drone zone and no flying zone" in view of the security measures for the VVIPs, an official order said Wednesday. Murmu will arrive at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has sanctioned 755 new posts in various state-run medical colleges and hospitals, an official notification said. Odisha's Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling Tuesday said the decision was a far-sighted step towards improving the quality of medical education in the state....

Kendrapara: Kusunpur village under Rajnagar block of Kendrapada district, long plagued by saline water intrusion, water scarcity and low agricultural productivity, has been selected as Odisha’s only village under the Smart Village programme. The initiative, implemented by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),...

Rayagada: An elderly man from Rayagada district has accused his nephew of fraudulently declaring him dead in official records and usurping his share of ancestral land. Diudu Majhi, a resident of Talapadikhal village under Kashipur block, alleged that his nephew, Sani Majhi, manipulated revenue records...

Malkangiri: Security forces have recovered huge quantity of arms, ammunition, equipment, and other articles from a Maoist dump in the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border area, a police officer said Tuesday. On the basis of input provided by surrendered Maoists, an intensive search was conducted by District Voluntary...

Sundargarh: A man climbed a high-voltage electricity pole and threatened to end his life after his "girlfriend" refused to marry him, triggering a tense, hours-long standoff in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place in Budakata area under Kutra block, where the...