State

Joda: Despite police stepping up efforts to curb illegal mining, porous interstate borders have fueled a rise in mineral smuggling from Keonjhar district into Jharkhand. Police from Bamebari police station under the Joda mining circle have intensified action against mineral theft in remote forested areas,...

Nayagarh/Ranpur: Allegations of illegal blasting and large-scale smuggling of black stone from Nuapada Hill near Kerendatangi under Ranpur tehsil in Nayagarh district have come to the fore with locals claiming administrative inaction even after reporting of the matter. Locals alleged that blasting is carried out...

Bargarh: Police Monday busted an alleged sex racket operating from a roadside dhaba near Dhanger under Bargarh rural police limits, rescuing a woman and arresting five persons, including a couple said to be running the operation. The arrested have been identified as dhaba owner Atmaram...

Baripada: A lady school teacher engaged in census enumeration work in Baripada of Mayurbhanj district has been reported missing since Saturday, raising concern among family members and authorities. According to reports, Jyotsnarani Sahu, who has been serving at UG School in Karanjia for the past...

Nuapada: A 44-yearold teacher was hospitalised Monday after a swarm of honeybees attacked him during census survey work in Nuapada district. He was identified as Dolamani Hansa (44), a resident of Sunamudi village under Khaprakhol block of Bolangir district. Hansa is a teacher at the...

Bhubaneswar: There is no respite from heatwave conditions in Odisha, with the IMD Monday stating that hot and humid weather is likely to continue in several parts of the state for at least the next four days. In its evening bulletin, the IMD's Bhubaneswar centre...

Cuttack/Berhampur: Cuttack and Ganjam districts have ordered a three-day closure of all schools amid intensifying heatwave conditions across Odisha, while Kendrapara has opted for revised school timings instead. In Cuttack, the district administration has directed all government, private and aided schools, along with Anganwadi centers,...

New Delhi/Rourkela: President Droupadi Murmu will be on a day-long visit to Odisha April 21, her office said in a statement Monday. She will inaugurate a Planetarium and Science Centre, and the Nirmal Munda Parivesh Path, at a public function in Rourkela, it said. Murmu...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer R S Gopalan Monday said he has asked EROs to undertake a proper verification before names of about 9.8 lakh voters are deleted from the electoral rolls. The CEO has specifically asked them to put on hold the scrutiny of...

Berhampur: Two teenagers drowned while bathing in the reservoir of a dam in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Monday. The incident occurred Sunday when six friends from Lalsingi village went to the reservoir at Bhanjanagar for bathing, and two of them drowned, a senior officer...