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Odisha student builds solar EV from scrap

Bhabanipatana: A Class IX student of Vikas Residential School in Bhabanipatana has built a two-seat solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) using scrap materials salvaged from a garage. Combining lessons in energy, engineering and hands-on learning, Swaraj Satapathy completed the vehicle in about three months and named...

NAC executive suspended over SIR misconduct

Dhamnagar: Dhamnagar Notified Area Council (NAC) Executive Officer Santosh Kumar Nayak was suspended over allegations of misuse of Form-7 and onetime passwords (OTPs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Nayak was suspended Monday. The suspension was ordered by the Additional Chief...

Odisha: Two teens held for killing man over matchstick request

Brahmapur:  Two 17-year-old boys were detained in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly murdering a youth following an altercation over a request for matchsticks to light a cigarette, police said Monday. Ayushman Tripathy alias Suman, 18, was allegedly assaulted by the two boys September 14 after...

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Two killed in road accident in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Baripada: Two persons died when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding vehicle in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said. The accident took place near Kaliashol village under Suliapada block of the district. The deceased have been identified as Rahul Naik and Raju Naik, residents...

1K mangrove saplings planted in Astaranga

Astaranga: A mangrove plantation drive and community awareness programme was recently held along the Devi river mouth wetlands in Puri district’s Astaranga block. Over 55 local residents—including women, fishermen, youth, and leaders from Alasa hi and Jhadling Gram Panchayats—joined Odisha Environmental Society (OES) members to...

Two women run over by train near Basta

Basta: Two women were crushed to death by a train while crossing the tracks near Basta railway station in Baleshwar district, police said. The victims were identified as Sita Hansda, 64, of Baunasha tofa village, and her sister-in-law Kapura Murmu, 57, of Parulia village, both...

17 more PG medical seats in six districts

Bhubaneswar: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has granted accreditation for postgraduate medical education programmes at several government health institutions in Odisha, opening up 17 new seats in paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology and medicine. Under the latest recognition, five district headquarters...

School students walk 9 km to meet Collector

Udala: Students from an ashram school hostel walked about nine kilometers Monday to meet the Mayurbhanj Collector, after repeated complaints about conditions at their hostel went unaddressed, reports said. The students live at the Bisipur Ashram School hostel under the Khunta block of Mayurbhanj district....

 

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