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Jajpur: A special POCSO court in Jajpur has sentenced a 60-year-old tutor to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor student over five years. Judge Abhilash Senapati delivered the verdict Tuesday, convicting Ramakant Biswal, son of Bishwanath Biswal of Shalakana village under...

Jharsuguda: The death of senior advocate and veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Trinath Gual has triggered a wave of shock and speculation in Jharsuguda, with family members alleging foul play after his body was found on a railway track Tuesday morning. Gual, a former...

Sambalpur: Five persons were arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a migrant worker from Kerala after mistaking him for a thief in Odisha's Sambalpur district, officials said. The incident happened in Dhobapada in the Khetrajpur police station area June 21 and came to light after a...

Bhubaneswar: In a major relief for in-service teachers, the Odisha School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department has extended the deadline for acquiring the mandatory Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) qualification by one year. According to an official communication issued Tuesday, teachers who have not yet cleared...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday raised the ex gratia amount for the families of workers from the state who lost their lives in the ammonia gas leak incident in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, to Rs 10 lakh, officials said. Six people from Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) has been postponed to July 5 following protests by a section of candidates against overlapping dates of two exams, officials said Tuesday. The OTET conducted by the Board of Secondary Education was scheduled to be held June 28....

Bargarh: Hundreds of farmers staged a protest outside the Bargarh district collector's office Tuesday over issues surrounding paddy procurement. The protest was organised under the banner of the Sanyukta Krushak Sangathan (SKS) as farmers claimed many of them have "either not received procurement tokens or...

Jharsuguda: The mutilated body of senior BJD leader and former president of the Jharsuguda Bar Association, Trinath Gual, was recovered from a railway track near Balijuri in Odisha's Jharsuguda district Tuesday morning. According to reports, locals spotted the body lying near the railway track around...

Bhubaneswar: In a major achievement for the education sector, 10 schools from Odisha have been selected for National Awards and Recognition under Swachh Evam Harit Vidyalaya Rating (SHVR) 2025- 26 programme after a rigorous national-level evaluation. Official sources said a total of 20 schools from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Department has released the first merit list for admission to undergraduate (UG) courses for the 2026–27 academic session. Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, emerged as the most sought-after institution, registering the highest cut-off marks across several streams. According to official data, against a...