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Nabarangpur: The dropout rate in Nabarangpur district is emerging as a serious concern, with an increasing number of students leaving school midway through their education. The trend, visible from primary to secondary levels, has alarmed both the School and the Mass Education Department and social...

Koraput/Borigumma: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the sensational double murder in the Borigumma area of Koraput district, Superintendent of Police Rohit Varma said Wednesday. The accused were identified as the minor’s boyfriend, P Adi Narayana Rao (21) of Dasiri Sahi, Preet Nayak...

Nayagarh/Ranpur: Two persons were killed in separate elephant attacks under the Khordha forest division Wednesday, while a youth narrowly escaped unhurt, officials said. In the first incident, Kalu Moharana, 58, of Mayurjhalia village in Nayagarh district, was trampled to death near a health centre under...

Rourkela: Eighteen years after he was allegedly lured away from his village as a minor on the promise of being taught how to drive, a man from Sundargarh district returned to Rourkela Tuesday and reunited with his family at the railway station. Purushottam Goud, a...

Chhatrapur/Berhampur: A delegation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) on a 2-day stay visited Ganjam district to assess aquaculture practices and expressed satisfaction with the standards maintained in shrimp seed hatchery operations and brackish water aquaculture in the district Tuesday and Wednesday,...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Wednesday approved a special financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the construction of a new chariot for the Rath Yatra of Lord Baladevjew in Kendrapara district. A directive in this regard has been issued by the Law department through an...

Jaleswar: Two poll officials on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duty in West Bengal were brutally assaulted by villagers at Rajnagar village under this block, and Raibania police limits in Balasore district on suspicion of being child lifters, sources said Wednesday. The two officials, Sumit Hazra...

Phulbani: A wanted Maoist leader allegedly killed his commander, Anwesh, who was carrying a reward of Rs 22 lakh on his head, for intending to surrender before the Odisha Police, a senior officer said Wednesday. The police in Kandhamal district on Wednesday exhumed the decomposed...

Berhampur: The children belonging to the Saura tribal community in Odisha's Gajapati district will now get pre-school education in their own language, officials said Wednesday. The Gajapati administration has rolled out a programme - Aame Padhibaa Aama Bhasare (we will learn in our own language)...

Bargarh: Many farmers in Odisha’s Bargarh district have yet to sell their harvested paddy, making it difficult for them to support their families. Amid the crisis, an unusual incident in the distric Tuesday drew attention. A farmer, Ramesh Mahapatra, deposited four bags of paddy at...