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Sundargarh: A vigilance court in Odisha’s Sundargarh district Wednesday sentenced a retired junior engineer to two years of rigorous imprisonment for embezzling government funds meant for labourers under a welfare scheme. The convict, Anup Kumar Das, was found guilty of misappropriating public money during his...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: Ahead of an administrative inquiry into the incident involving a man carrying his sister's skeleton to a bank in Odisha's Keonjhar district as proof of death to withdraw money, the BJD Wednesday alleged that Jeetu Munda was made to walk 3 km to the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari has said the state government is committed to protecting the interests of common people in the land acquisition process in coal mining areas and announced that a new rehabilitation and resettlement policy will be rolled out...

Jharsuguda: A severe heatwave has gripped western Odisha, pushing temperatures to alarming levels and severely disrupting daily life, with Jharsuguda emerging as one of the hottest places in the country. On Tuesday, Jharsuguda recorded a maximum day temperature of 45.3 degrees Celsius, the highest of...

Kendrapara: Mangrove Pitta census was carried out across five ranges of the Rajnagar Mangrove forest division, covering key coastal mangrove habitats in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts. Divisional Forest Officer Vardhraj Gaonkar said Monday that the census exercise was conducted using both direct and indirect sighting...

Rourkela: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela has climbed to 186th place in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2026, improving from its 191st rank last year and reinforcing its standing among Asia’s leading academic institutions. The rankings assessed 929 universities across 36 countries...

Brajarajnagar: Police in Brajarajnagar busted an illegal firearms syndicate, arrested three persons and sent them to court in connection with the case Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Banti Prasad, Vishal Bag and Santosh Khedkar — residents of the OPM area under Brajarajnagar police...

Bonai: A horrific road accident on National Highway 143 near Chandiposh in Bonai subdivision of Sundargarh district claimed at least four lives and left more than 20 passengers injured Tuesday night. According to reports, a private passenger bus named ‘Pramila’, en route from Rourkela to...

Pottangi: Three persons from Upper Sembi village under Kotia panchayat in Koraput district, arrested by Odisha Police for allegedly instigating villagers to disrupt an ongoing census exercise, were released from jail Tuesday after securing bail a day earlier, following intervention by an advocate from neighbouring...

Bolangir: Three minor boys were killed, and three others seriously injured when a pickup vehicle in which they were travelling overturned in Odisha's Bolangir district Tuesday, police said. The accident took place near Marlad Square in Titlagarh Tuesday when the vehicle carrying some children was...