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Nandapur: A surge in violent and criminal behaviour among teenagers across the tribal-dominated Koraput district has raised serious concerns, marked by a disturbing series of incidents over the past two months. The cases in July and August include some classmates attacking hostel inmates at Padua...

Chhatrapur: The crown finial of a long-submerged temple has resurfaced on the beach near Old Podampeta village in Ganjam district, drawing widespread curiosity and crowds of visitors to the coast. Local residents recall that the coastline was once two to three km away from Podampeta...

Kuanrmunda: An elderly man was allegedly beaten with an iron pipe and later strangled to death by his son and daughter-in-law at Jagadishpur village under the police outpost of Biramitrapur police limits in Sundaragada district, police said Wednesday. The incident took place Tuesday night but...

Paradip: A retired Paradip Port employee and his wife died after their car overturned and plunged into a water-filled ditch near Gad Gate Bazaar on National Highway 53 under Paradip Lock police station in Jagatsinghpur district early Wednesday, police said. The deceased were identified as...

RABINDRA PRASAD DANI, OP Jamankira: Students of Bhatapura Government Upgraded Upper Primary School in Dimirimunda panchayat of this block in Sambalpur district are being forced to study amid deteriorating infrastructure, including unsafe classrooms, incomplete toilets and unsafe drinking water. The school has 162 students from...

Malkangiri: The forest department sleuths in Odisha's Malkangiri district Wednesday seized 155 live flap-shelled turtles while being illegally transported, officials said. Acting on reliable information, the staff of Malkangiri forest range intercepted a three-wheeler near Tamsa Village under Malkangiri-I Beat. We have seized 155 live...

Bramhapur: A first-year MBBS student went missing from his college in Odisha's Ganjam district, prompting police to launch an intensive search, officials said Wednesday. Sagar Sahoo, a resident of Kaplai near Kuakhia in Jajpur district, has been missing since Monday, they said. Sagar, who was...

Kataka: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, Wednesday announced the results of the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2026, with the overall pass percentage recorded at 64.48. As per the board, 97,151 candidates from across Odisha had applied for the eligibility test, while 53,314...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 775 senior citizens Wednesday left for Varanasi and Ayodhya on the first pilgrimage train of the current fiscal under Odisha government's 'Mukhyamantri Baristha Nagarik Teertha Yatra Yojana'. The special train was flagged off by Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, who also...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has lowered the maximum penalty for vehicles operating without a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC), from Rs 10,000 to Rs 6,000, Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena said. Under the revised penalty structure, motorcycles and three-wheelers will be fined Rs...