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Bhubaneswar: School holidays in seven Odisha districts are likely to be extended by another one or two days if heavy rainfall continues to disrupt normal life, School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond said Thursday. Schools in the affected districts have already been closed for...

Thuamul Rampur/Kashipur: Bauxite mining continues on the hills above, while villagers below are carrying stones, soil and tree trunks to build a road and a makeshift bridge they need to reach schools, the panchayat office, ration supplies and farmland. The situation has come to light...

Koraput: A school teacher went missing when the boat in which he and a friend were fishing in the backwaters of the Kolab reservoir in Koraput district capsized Thursday, an official said. Koraput tehsildar Sayeed Sabir Saha said the missing teacher was identified as Bhimadhar...

Baripada: Forest department has arrested two poachers using an AI-enabled camera in Odisha's Similipal National Park, officials said Thursday. According to officials, the two poachers were arrested separately Wednesday while they were caught on camera roaming in the jungle with guns. They were nabbed in...

Bhubaneswar: Parts of Odisha were lashed by heavy rain under the influence of a deep depression which made landfall in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Thursday, officials said. Amid fears of floods and landslides in south Odisha due to the downpour, the state government sent two senior...

BHUBANESWAR BARIK, OP Balangir: Students of the Government Nodal Project Upper Primary (UP) School at Lathor in Balangir district’s Khaprakhol block are facing severe infrastructure shortages, with many forced to eat their midday meals in verandahs, under a temporary pandal or in the open. Established...

Ganjam: A minor boy in Ganjam district, formally declared a released bonded labourer earlier this month, has been rescued again after his parents alleged that his employer forcibly took him back into bonded labour. The child was rescued from the employer's premises Tues day evening...

Baleshwar: A 65-year old man was killed and his eight-year-old son critically injured after a mud wall of their house collapsed amid incessant rain at Kharidamukhura village under Remuna police limits in Baleshwar district Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Gajendra Singh, 65, while...

Kendujhar: A couple was killed after a speeding trailer hit their motorcycle from behind on National Highway 20 near Dhrupada under Kendujhar Town police limits Wednesday, police said. The deceased were identified as Kahnu Charan Mohanta, 48, and his wife, Rajanirani Mohanta, 42, of Binj...

Kendujhar: Police arrested a 28-year-old man Wednesday for allegedly raping his pregnant sister-in-law while she was alone at her in-laws' house in Patana block of Kendujhar district, officials said. The accused, identified as Lokanath Mohanta, was produced in court following his arrest. Police registered a...