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3 students missing from Ashram School

Dhenkanal/Rasol: Three male students from the Chilataila Residential Ashram School hostel under Rasol police limits in Hindol block of Dhenkanal district have been reported missing since December 10, according to a complaint filed with police. The missing students have been identified as Swadhin Murmu (7),...

Daringbadi

Frost casts doubt on Daringbadi temperature data

Daringbadi: Residents of Daringbadi in Kandhamal district are questioning the accuracy of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) temperature gauge after the hill town reported visible frost for two consecutive days despite official readings of 7°C Thursday and 6.5°C Friday. Locals said frost blanketed open fields,...

Man arrested for ‘poisoning’ leopard to death in Odisha

Rourkela: A 61-year-old man was arrested after a leopard was allegedly poisoned to death in Odisha's Sundargarh district, officials said Friday. The female leopard, aged about 4, died near Kusumdihi village in the Tamra range of the Bonai forest division after eating cattle meat, which...

Similipal poachers

AI trail helps arrest 5 Similipal poachers

Baripada: Five notorious poachers have been arrested from Similipal National Park after forest officials used advanced scientific tools, including the Similipal Wildlife Intelligence Network, to track them down. The arrested men have been identified as Veerasingh Ho (33), Charan Ho (43), Chhale Ho (23), Sagar...

JSW pipeline

JSW pipeline expansion to hit 150 waterbodies

Jajpur: JSW Utkal Steel Ltd. (formerly JSW Steel Ltd.) received permission from the state Water Resources department in 2019 to lay a slurry pipeline transporting iron ore from Joda in Keonjhar district to its steel plant in Paradip. Recently, the company extended the pipeline route...

Hirakud

Rs 199 crore approved for Hirakud, Satkosia tourism

New Delhi: The Central government has approved over Rs 199 crore for developing tourism infrastructure in the Hirakud and Satkosia regions of Odisha, with Rs 131.92 crore already released to the state. Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared this in the Rajya Sabha Thursday,...

 

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