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Opium plantation

Opium cultivator gives police the slip

Tensa: An arrested opium cultivator escaped police custody in Sundargarh district, triggering questions over security lapses. Police and Excise officials Saturday destroyed opium plants worth more than Rs 30 lakh in the Punthi Pokhari area near Kalta panchayat under Koida police limits. Two persons, Balaram...

Handwritten letter

Child’s handwritten letter to Maa Tara Tarini moves many

Purushottampur: A small child’s handwritten letter found inside the donation box (hundi) of the Tara Tarini shrine in Ganjam district has moved many. The letter was discovered Saturday when the temple’s hundi was opened in the presence of police and revenue officials. The process was...

Love marriage

Clash over love marriage leaves six hurt in Bhadrak

Bhadrak: A woman and her sister were allegedly assaulted by the family of their son-in-law for opposing their daughter’s love marriage in Bhadrak district. The clash between the families left at least four people injured. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon in Gopalbindha village under Sabarang...

NIT Rourkela

NIT Rourkela boasts 100 granted patents

Rourkela: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela has crossed a major research milestone with 101 patents granted so far, reflecting a sharp rise in innovation output and intellectual property creation. The institute has fi led 230 patents to date, including 218 national and 12 international...

Hari Babu Kambhapati

Leadership forged in struggle, not comfort: Kambhampati

Angul: True leadership is not born in comfort but forged in struggle, said Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Sunday while addressing a public gathering at Pabitranagar, Kaniha block in Angul. The governor was speaking at the inauguration of a statue and a museum dedicated to freedom...

Bikram Panda

I was framed in Pitabas murder: Bikram Panda

Berhampur: Former legislator Bikram Panda, arrested in connection with the murder of Berhampur-based lawyer Pitabas Panda, Sunday claimed that he had been framed for political reasons and alleged that there was a conspiracy to defame the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Panda was taken out of...

Road accident

Four of a family killed in van-bike collision

Kantabanji: Four members of a family, including an 8-year-old boy, were killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a pickup van near Maoist-infested Pandaren under Turekela police limits in Bolangir district Sunday evening. The incident occurred around 7:30 pm on Turekela– Mahakhand main...

Nandapur ABEO

Administrative vacancies mar education in Koraput

Nandapur: A severe shortage of education officers has exposed serious administrative gaps in the school education system across Koraput district, with a single Assistant Block Education Officer (ABEO) overseeing nearly 200 institutions in Nandapur block alone. The lone woman ABEO is currently responsible for 197...

 

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