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Nabarangpur/Umarkot: Violence allegedly linked to a college students’ union election in Umrkot escalated Saturday, leaving a non-student, Deep Kamal Mohapatra, seriously injured in a stabbing incident. He was initially taken to Umarkot Sub-Divisional Hospital and was later shifted to Visakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh as...

Baleshwar: A 45-year-old teacher of an upper primary school was arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a girl student in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said. The teacher allegedly called the Class V girl into a classroom during lunch break and molested her, a senior officer said....

Bhubaneswar: BJP sparred with the BJD and Congress over reports of violence ahead of students' union elections in Odisha next week, with the Opposition alleging poll process manipulation and the ruling party accusing its rivals of engineering disturbances, fearing "certain defeat". The elections, scheduled for...

Bhubaneswar: In total, 33,515 people submitted Form-6 applications for inclusion of their names in the electoral rolls during a three-day special enrolment drive in Odisha, an official said Saturday. The drive was conducted from October 7 to 9 on the EC's directions to facilitate the...

Puri: The craze for making social media reels claimed two lives in Odisha within 24 hours, with a boy and a snake catcher dying in separate incidents, police said Saturday. In the first incident, the boy died after being hit by a train while allegedly...

Bhubaneswar/Sundaragada: An Odisha government employee was arrested Saturday for allegedly possessing assets, including four buildings, seven high-value plots, and bank deposits worth around Rs 1.46 crore, disproportionate to his known sources of income, a vigilance officer said. The accused, identified as Prasanna Kumar Patra, has...

Nabarangpur: A couple from Odisha’s Nabarangpur district allegedly had to mortgage their family ration card to borrow Rs 5,000 to transport their 10-day-old son’s body home after they were "denied" the government’s Mahaprayan hearse service at a hospital in Koraput. Ambika and her husband, Nakula...

Bhubaneswar: People across Odisha Saturday paid obeisance to their forefathers on the occasion of 'Mahalaya', which marks the end of 'Pitru Paksha'. People across the state converged at water bodies, including the sea, rivers and ponds, to offer 'tila tarpan' and 'pinda daan' to their...

Sambalpur: Former Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday launched a cleanliness drive in Sambalpur, Odisha, as part of the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva 2026’ campaign under the 'Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’. Pradhan picked up a broom and participated in the cleanliness drive from Laxmi Talkies Square to Gol...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha to witness rainfall in several districts as a low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal by October 13, the weather department said Saturday. The system is expected to develop under the influence of a cyclonic circulation currently prevailing...