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Keonjhar: School education in Keonjhar district is facing serious challenges, with as many as 105 government high schools functioning without head masters. The issue has come into focus after the district recorded one of the poorest performances in this year’s matriculation examination. As per official...

Chandbali: Police in Chandbali block of Bhadrak district have arrested five men in connection with the abduction and gangrape of a 14-year-old girl from Orasahi village. The incident reportedly occurred Wednesday evening, when the girl left home saying she was visiting a neighbour. When she...

Kaniha: Two youths were killed after a heavy vehicle hit their motorcycle on National Highway 149 near Samakoi bridge under Samal police limits in Angul district early Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Deepak Pradhan of Turanga area and Ranjan Sahu of Rajkishorepada. According...

Gunupur: Demand is growing for early compensation to private landowners affected by the proposed Gunupur-Therubali railway project, which is considered crucial for the development of the Paralakhe mundi railway station in Gajapati district. BJP state vice-president and Rayagada district in charge K. Narayan Rao Thursday...

Berhampur: A local court here Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in the abduction and murder case of a 7-year-old DAV Public School student that had shocked the city in 2019. Additional District and Sessions Judge-I Naresh Mohanty convicted Debashish Panda, 40, of Jajpur...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra Friday wrote to the Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan, urging the establishment of a national mega food park in the undivided Koraput region, comprising Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri...

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department Friday said Odisha is likely to receive below-normal rainfall during the monsoon season from June-September this year due to El Nino conditions. As per the long-range weather forecast, north and western Odisha could record below-normal rainfall, while it is likely to...

Bhubaneswar: The country's apex human rights body has sought a detailed report from the Odisha Chief Secretary and the Kalahandi superintendent of police within two weeks on the death of six people allegedly due to asphyxiation in a septic tank. The incident occurred on May...

Nabarangpur: Postal department Friday suspended a former postmaster of Jharigaon Sub-Post Office in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district over allegations of "misappropriating funds". The former postmaster, identified as Gouranga Sarkar, was suspended by Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Jeypore Division, Satyabadi Biswal, following departmental action in connection...

Jharsuguda: Police conducted a major anti-illicit liquor raid in Mohanpur and Ujalpur villages under Belpahar police station in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district Friday. During the raid, police apprehended nine persons allegedly involved in the illegal manufacture and sale of liquor. Officials seized 722 litres of illicit...