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SUBHAKANTA NAYAK, OP Hatadihi: A government-aided high school in Kendujhar district is functioning with a single teacher, who is teaching seven subjects, handling administrative duties and also conducting physical education classes amid an acute shortage of teachers. The Shalania High School in Hatadihi block, established...

Nandapur/Koraput: In a first, Koraput police arrested three farmers while they were allegedly tending cannabis plants in a 10-acre forest area near Disariguda and Lenziguda villages under Padua police station, officials said Friday. Addressing a press conference at the Koraput police headquarters Friday, Superintendent of...

Baleshwar: A history-sheeter was apprehended by Baleshwar police late Thursday night after sustaining a gunshot injury to his leg during an exchange of fire with police personnel. The injured accused, identified as Lokesh Singh, a native of Bihar, is undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters...

Nayagada: The driver of a private bus was killed, and more than 30 passengers were injured, seven of them seriously, after the vehicle crashed into an Arjun tree near Janhipa da Square on National Highway 57 in Baunsiapada under Itamati police limits in Nayagada district...

Bhubaneswar: A railway employee was subjected to horrific torture in Brahmapur RPF custody on suspicion of theft. The victim, identified as Soumya Ranjan Mishra, was allegedly beaten, had his hand and leg broken, and was given electric shocks to his private parts. Siddhanta Mishra, an...

Baripada: A family dispute turned tragic as a 19-year-old youth allegedly strangled his mother to death at Barajpur village under Baripada Sadar police station in Mayurbhanj district Thursday night, police said. The accused has been arrested. The deceased was identified as Srimati Singh and the...

Raurkela: An elderly couple was killed after a mud wall of their house collapsed on them while they were sleeping in Ranto Birkera panchayat under Brahmanitarang police station in Sundargarh district Friday, police said. The deceased were identified as Tenga Kispatta, 70, and his wife...

Bhubaneswar/Baleshwar: The flood situation in Odisha improved Friday, with the water level in all major rivers receding, though nearly 2 lakh people in 303 villages are still affected in two districts of the state, officials said. As many as 1,90,974 people of 241 villages in...

DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: Chhatrapur police have arrested four people, including the alleged mastermind, for allegedly defrauding job seekers on the pretext of providing employment. Three of those arrested are women, Chhatrapur IIC Sabyasachi Malla said at a press conference Friday. The arrested people...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP's "double-engine" government in Odisha after state Supplies Minister KC Patra expressed concern over the delay by Food Corporation of India (FCI) in lifting custom-milled rice from the state. The BJD alleged that Patra's remarks...