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Sambalpur: Dr Narayani Panda, a renowned gynaecologist and noted social worker from Sambalpur, died Sunday morning. She was 88. Dr Panda was widely respected across Odisha for donating her entire life savings to support education and social causes. After earning her medical degree, she began...

Hatadihi: A primary school headmaster was reportedly thrashed with shoes by a female teacher following allegations of “indecent behaviour” towards the female colleague in Keonjhar district, sources said Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday at Mithigaon Upper Primary School under this block. According to witnesses and...

Bahanaga: At least 35 passengers were injured, including five critically, after two buses collided on National Highway 16 near Khantapada under Bahanaga block of Balasore district Sunday afternoon. More than 80 passengers were travelling in the two buses when the accident occurred. The incident took...

Koraput: Three staff members, including two teachers of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Koraput, have been suspended following the drowning of three students in the Kolab Reservoir, officials said Sunday. According to the district administration, the regional office of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti suspended...

Digapahandi: A man allegedly attacked his foster-father with a surgical blade and slit his neck following a family dispute in Bhismagiri village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district Sunday afternoon. The injured man, identified as Simanchal Sahu, is undergoing treatment at the Digapahandi Community Health...

Rayagada: A woman allegedly attempted suicide near the Majhighariani Temple in Rayagada town Saturday by consuming phenyl and setting herself on fire. The woman has been identified as Shubhadra Majhi of the Indiranagar area in Rayagada. According to reports, she first consumed phenyl in front...

Digapahandi: At least 12 people were injured, five of them seriously, after a pickup van turned turtle near Pilikadhia village in Ganjam district Sunday morning. The accident occurred at around 10 am on the Bankeswari Ghat road near the Kerandimal hill under B Turubudi panchayat...

Baripada: Four poachers were arrested by forest officials in the southern division of the Similipal National Park tiger reserve in Mayurbhanj district after their movement was detected by AI-enabled surveillance cameras. The accused were identified as Sunil Bhakta, 25, Sahadev Mallick, 20, Ramchandra Hansdah, 25,...

Malkangiri: Malkangiri Police have unearthed an interstate online betting racket, arresting four scammers, including two kingpins from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. After verifying 142 mule accounts, police found that some of those accounts were created by middlemen belonging to the Kotpad area with the false promise of...

 Angul: Two Class-7 girls who fled from their homes to avoid annual examinations were rescued from the house of a relative of one of them in Odisha's Angul district, the police said Sunday. The two girls left their homes under the Maitri Vihar police station...