State

Road accidents

Dumper driver dies in freak accident

Paradip: A dump er truck driver was killed in a freak mishap after a crane bucket loading cargo in its carriage accidentally snapped and fell on the truck’s cabin at Paradip Port Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saroj Khilar, 37, driver of a...

mentally challenged man killed two person in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Man hacked to death

Padmapur: A 38-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death inside his home Saturday in Sreeballabhpur village under Kenduguda panchayat in Rayagada district’s Padmapur block. The deceased has been identified as Rabindra Sabar. According to his wife, Laxmi Sabar, a community feast was being held in...

Odisha police

Dhanu Yatra arch collapse: PWD engineer booked

Bargarh: Police have registered a case against a Public Works Department (PWD) Superintending Engineer in connection with the collapse of the permanent 'Dhanu Yatra' arch at Thana Chowk in Bargarh town. Acting on a complaint lodged by Bargarh Municipality Chairperson Kalpana Majhi, Town Police registered...

SIR, ECI

Over 45,000 BLOs begin door-to-door SIR survey in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Over 45,000 booth-level officers fanned out across Odisha Saturday to carry out a massive door-to-door survey as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, Chief Electoral Officer RS Gopalan said. Gopalan said the exercise commenced from the holy land of Lord...

SIR

SIR in state from today

Bhubaneswar: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 of the electoral rolls in Odisha will begin from May 30, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha RS Gopalan announced during a press conference held at the Media Centre Friday. July 1, 2026 has been fixed as...

HSC school students

School education goes haywire in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: School education in Keonjhar district is facing serious challenges, with as many as 105 government high schools functioning without head masters. The issue has come into focus after the district recorded one of the poorest performances in this year’s matriculation examination. As per official...

 

OrissaPOST epaper Sunday POST OrissaPOST epaper

Archives

Editorial