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Chhatrapur: Subhasmita Panda of Chhatrapur in Ganjam district has earned a place in the National Book of Records by sculpting a 15-inch-tall wax replica of Lord Jagannath in just 45 minutes during this year’s Rath Yatra. Her remarkable artistic feat has brought pride and recognition...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 6,649 candidates will contest student union elections at 347 colleges and 13 universities in Odisha October 15, official sources said Saturday. The Higher Education Department released the final list of candidates Saturday after the completion of the nomination withdrawal process. Of...

Kendujhar: Two brothers drowned in the Aradei river in Odisha's Kendujhar district Saturday, while another boy was rescued in a critical condition, police said. The incident took place when the three boys, residents of Arshala village within Jhumpura police station limits, were bathing in the...

Nabarangpur/Umarkot: Violence allegedly linked to a college students’ union election in Umrkot escalated Saturday, leaving a non-student, Deep Kamal Mohapatra, seriously injured in a stabbing incident. He was initially taken to Umarkot Sub-Divisional Hospital and was later shifted to Visakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh as...

Baleshwar: A 45-year-old teacher of an upper primary school was arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a girl student in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said. The teacher allegedly called the Class V girl into a classroom during lunch break and molested her, a senior officer said....

Bhubaneswar: BJP sparred with the BJD and Congress over reports of violence ahead of students' union elections in Odisha next week, with the Opposition alleging poll process manipulation and the ruling party accusing its rivals of engineering disturbances, fearing "certain defeat". The elections, scheduled for...

Bhubaneswar: In total, 33,515 people submitted Form-6 applications for inclusion of their names in the electoral rolls during a three-day special enrolment drive in Odisha, an official said Saturday. The drive was conducted from October 7 to 9 on the EC's directions to facilitate the...

Puri: The craze for making social media reels claimed two lives in Odisha within 24 hours, with a boy and a snake catcher dying in separate incidents, police said Saturday. In the first incident, the boy died after being hit by a train while allegedly...

Bhubaneswar/Sundaragada: An Odisha government employee was arrested Saturday for allegedly possessing assets, including four buildings, seven high-value plots, and bank deposits worth around Rs 1.46 crore, disproportionate to his known sources of income, a vigilance officer said. The accused, identified as Prasanna Kumar Patra, has...

Nabarangpur: A couple from Odisha’s Nabarangpur district allegedly had to mortgage their family ration card to borrow Rs 5,000 to transport their 10-day-old son’s body home after they were "denied" the government’s Mahaprayan hearse service at a hospital in Koraput. Ambika and her husband, Nakula...