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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...

Balasore: Tension prevailed Monday on the Dubulagadi-Rangamatia road under Kasafal Marine police limits in Balasore Sadar block following the alleged dumping of beef. In protest, residents, along with Bajrang Dal members, staged a road blockade by burning tyres. The agitators demanded strict action against those...

Deogarh: A minor girl studying in a government-run Industrial Training Institute (ITI) under Barkote police limits in this district was allegedly sexually assaulted over a period of one month by the principal of the institute. The matter came to light after police launched an investigation...

Kaptipada: A historic dak bungalow at Podadihi in Mayurbhanj district, believed to have been built more than a century ago, is in a dilapidated condition due to alleged negligence by the Public Works department (PWD), with locals pleading for its early restoration. Once a symbol...

Bargaon: A man was killed, and eight others sustained critical injuries after a man, who is reportedly mentally unstable, went on a rampage and assaulted villagers with an iron plough blade at Lakhuapada hamlet in Sahajbahal village under the police limits in Sundargarh district late...