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Keonjhar: Police arrested four employees of a private English Medium School at Champua in Keonjhar district in connection with the suicide of a Class X male student on Thursday. The action came five days after the student identified as Krishna Pradhan jumped off the third...

Bargaon: A woman Ayush doctor, died after having an overdose of sleeping pills at Runga village under this block in Sundargarh district late Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Dr Salila Panda, an Ayush doctor posted at the primary health centre in Runga village....

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the nationwide outrage over the death of a student at a college in Balasore, Odisha government Thursday asked all district education officers (DEOs) to ensure a safe environment for women employees and students, particularly girls in schools. In a letter...

Sambalpur: A university professor in Odisha’s Sambalpur district was arrested Thursday for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman student under the false promise of marriage -- a fresh scandal that surfaced as the state witnessed a bandh over the death of a girl student of FM...

Paralakhemundi: The long-standing border dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha has resurfaced after a brief lull, with officials of the neighbouring state reportedly surveying Gangabada panchayat of Rayagada block in Gajapati district. The matter came to the fore when officials from Andhra Pradesh visited villages...

Balasore: The elder brother of the 20-year-old woman student, who died after she set herself on fire on Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College campus, Wednesday, lodged a police complaint seeking protection from cyber harassment for the family. Soumyaranjan lodged the complaint at Bhograi police station, where...

Oupada: In a heartwarming and socially inspiring event, a differently-abled man and woman tied nuptial knot in a traditional Vedic ceremony with the consent and support of their families at Oupada in Balasore district. The ceremony was conducted at an ashram in a dignified manner,...

Keonjhar: Three persons, including a woman and her daughter-in-law, were killed after lightning struck them during farm work in separate incidents under Telkoi police limits of Keonjhar district Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Namani Nayak, 26, her mother-in-law Rukmini Nayak, 60, of Binchabahal village,...

Kendrapara: After being stuck in Kendrapara district for more than a month, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's defunct helicopter Wednesday began a journey to Mumbai on road for repair, officials said. Majhi reached Kendrapara in this chopper June 9, but the aircraft developed technical...

Bhubaneswar: The condition of Jyotiprakash Biswal, a student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, who sustained serious burn injuries in his attempt to save the woman who set herself ablaze on the campus July 12, is stable now, doctors said Wednesday. Biswal was the lone...