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Hyva hits bus

15 injured as Hyva hits bus

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...

Lopar likely to bring rain in state

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,...

Drowning

Two students drown in pond in Odisha’s Balasore

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...

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Long-isolated Kalahandi villages set to get houses

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...

Koraput census

Andhra Pradesh conducts census exercise in Kotia

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...

Gajapati district

Andhra Pradesh officials apply paint over Odisha survey numbers

Paralakhemundi: Andhra Pradesh government officials whitewashed Odisha’s census survey numbers in two border villages and replaced those with their own, sparking sharp reactions across Gajapati district, officials said Thursday. Odisha officials had earlier marked survey numbers on house walls in Manikpatna and Gudukhudi villages under...

Bhawanipatna girl to speak in Parliament

Bhawanipatna: A Plus III second-year Political Science student of Maa Manikeshwari University in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district has been selected to represent Odisha at the national-level Viksit Bharat Yuva Parliament 2026. Smruti Rath, one of only three students chosen from Odisha for the programme, will...

 

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