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KEONJHAR: The Body of an unidentified man was found near the railway tracks between Basantpur and Sitabinj stations in Keonjhar district Wednesday. Also Read: 9-yr-old girl dies after falling in hostel toilet Bhadrak GRP registered an unnatural-death case and sent the body for postmortem. Orissa...

Koraput: As winter sets in over the Eastern Ghats, Koraput has stepped into one of its most captivating seasonal displays: vast stretches of blooming mustard fields that bathe the landscape in vibrant yellow. The radiant fields, spread across the outskirts of Koraput town, have become...

LOISINGHA: In view of long-standing demand and passengers’ convenience, an experimental halt for Howrah– Jagdalpur–Howrah Samaleswari Express at Loisingha station in Bolangir district was accomplished by East Coast Railway (ECoR) Wednesday. As per the revised schedule, 18005 Howrah–Jagdalpur Samaleswari Express will arrive at Loisingha at...

ROURKELA: NIT Rourkela has improved its position in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026, securing 652nd place globally, up from 664 last year. The institute is ranked 180th in Asia and 20th in India, retaining its status as the top-ranked NIT and the highest-ranked...

Rayagada: A married woman was allegedly raped in Rayagada town late Tuesday night, according to a written complaint filed at the Rayagada Town PS by the survivor and her husband. Police, under the supervision of SDPO Gaurahari Sahu, launched an investigation and detained a youth...

Keonjhar: Two excise officials were arrested in Odisha's Keonjhar district Wednesday for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a licenced liquor vendor, a statement said. The arrested officials were identified as Excise Superintendent Sitarani Pattayat and Champua excise station's officer-in-charge Bijay Kumar Mohanta,...

Rourkela: Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy Wednesday announced plans to double the capacity of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to 9.8 million tonnes by 2030 with an investment of about Rs 30,000 crore. “We are also taking up modernisation of the...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy Wednesday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the Lok Seva Bhawan and held discussions on several matters, including issues related to the expansion of the integrated steel plant of Steel Authority of India...

Berhampur: The Odisha Forest Department arrested a 35-year-old man after carcasses of 33 migratory birds were found in two gunny bags he was carrying near a water body under the Chilika Wildlife Division, police said Wednesday. The 33 birds belonged to three different species. The...

Jharsuguda: Jharsuguda police Tuesday claimed to have busted a 12-member interstate cyber fraud gang, and seized dozens of bank passbooks, ATM cards, mobile phones and vehicles. Addressing a presser at Town Police Station here, Superintendent of Police Gundala Reddy Raghavendra said that investigators recovered more...