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SUBRAT KUMAR NAYAK, OP Talabasta: Despite crores of rupees being spent to improve primary education in rural areas, poor infrastructure continues to affect students. The Bidyadharpur Government Primary School at Bidyadharpur village in Talabasta panchayat under Damapada block of Kataka district is a case in...

PRABHATA PANIGRAHI, OP Khordha: Tourism in Khordha district remains largely neglected, with several sites of historical and religious importance struggling for basic infrastructure. Despite the district’s rich tourism potential, lack of political will, political apathy and alleged negligence by officials have left many tourist spots...

Jayapur: A special team from Gujarat Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized a leopard hide following a raid in Koraput’s Jayapur, forest officials said Tuesday. The team also arrested a person identified as Bibhuti Bhushan Patra, a resident of the Irrigation Colony area of Jayapur, while...

Malkangiri: An undertrial prisoner (UTP) lodged in the Malkangiri district jail died Monday night, prompting his family members to stage a protest over his death. The deceased, Kabiraj Rout, had been lodged in the jail for nearly four years in connection with a ganja seizure...

Kendrapada: A watchman and a 13-year-old inmate of a government-funded shelter home for the destitute in Odisha's Kendrapada district were taken into custody Tuesday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old tribal girl from Jharkhand, police said. The matter came to light when she was found to...

Brahmapur: A Special POCSO court here Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of raping a 13-year-old girl after kidnapping her in Odisha's Ganjam district. The incident took place six years ago in a village under Rambha police station...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: "You can't keep it lingering like this," the Supreme Court Tuesday told the Odisha government, asking it to decide on the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart...

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure system brewing in the Bay of Bengal may cause heavy rainfall and thunderstorms till Saturday in Odisha, the eastern coastal state already bruised by two bouts of floods this monsoon. The state experienced light to moderate rain at a few places in...

Bhubaneswar/Bhogarai: In a rare incident, at least five baby orangutans, which are not indigenous to India, were rescued in Ranakatha Protected Reserve Forest near Badapai village under Bhogarai block of Baleshwar district, prompting the authorities to suspect that wildlife smugglers might be behind the animals’...

By Pramod Kumar Bohidar, OP Sambalpur: The 112-year-old Khandual Government Upgraded High School under the Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) has seen a sharp drop in enrolment owing to poor infrastructure and a shortage of teachers gripping the institution. Established as a primary school in 1914,...