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Kendujhar: Additional District Judge-cum-Special Judge (POCSO) Monalisa Mohanty sentenced a teacher of a coaching centre to 20 years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 for raping a 7-year-old student. In addition, the court ordered payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh to...

Lanjigada: A 61-year-old woman was killed after a wild elephant attacked her house in Kalahandi district late Friday night, while four other members of her family escaped unharmed, officials said. The victim, identified as Tilae Harijan of Pidelbaju village under Kumakhal panchayat in Lanjigada block,...

Sunabeda/Semiliguda: Police in Koraput district have arrested four people for allegedly possessing and trafficking narcotic injections, seizing 453 ampoules along with a car, mobile phones and cash during a raid. The accused have been identified as Bikramdev Halang, 39, of Padua in Nandapur block, D....

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said the Centre's approval of advance release of Rs 500 crore under the SDRF (State Disaster Response Fund) to Odisha will help support the relief and rehabilitation of the flood-affected people in the state. The Centre has approved...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the advance release of Rs 500 crore to Odisha as second instalment from the Central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to support the state affected by floods during the ongoing southwest monsoon of 2026. It...

Baripada: Three persons were killed after their motorcycle fell into a roadside gorge in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Saturday, police said. The incident took place near Kuamara village under Khunta police station area in the district. The three persons died on the spot, police said. The...

Brahmapur: The third theory paper of the postgraduate (MD/MS) examination-2026, was Saturday conducted by the Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) at the MKCG Medical College centre in Brahmapur amid tight security, officials said. A total of 154 students appeared in the three-hour exam, which...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP and opposition BJD Saturday had a heated exchange of words over the Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi claimed that the conflict would be resolved within three months. CM Majhi had made the claim...

Bhubaneswar: Ten Odisha districts in the downstream of the Mahanadi have been put on high alert as the Hirakud Dam kept discharging water into the river through 22 gates, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi saying the floods have impacted eight lakh people. Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has asked officials to launch an immediate drive to repair rural infrastructure damaged by recent floods and incessant rain, with priority given to restoring road connectivity in affected areas. In a directive issued July 31, Rural Development Commissioner-cum-Secretary Yamini Sarangi instructed engineers...