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Digapahandi: Two brothers were critically injured after a bus operating under Mukhyamantri Bus Seva (MBS) hit their motorcycle at Samantarapur in Ganjam district Sunday morning. The accident occurred around 7:30am near the Rajghai-Mahulghodani bend on NH-326 under T. Gobindapur in Sanakhemundi block. The victims were...

Nilagiri: The bodies of two college students who drowned while bathing at Blue Lake near Mitrapur and Machhua villages in Nilagiri block of Baleshwar district were recovered Sunday, about 24 hours after they went missing. The deceased were Bhavisya Patra, 17, of Baripada, and his...

Dhamnagar: An 18-year-old girl drowned while three others had a close shave after the four went to a nearby riverbank to attend nature’s call Sunday morning near Nathsahi in Narayanpur village under this police limits in Bhadrak district, police said. The deceased was identified as...

Kendrapada/Nabarangpur: An elderly man went missing after allegedly being swept away by floodwater in Kendrapada Sunday. The missing man has been identified as Sitakanta Malik of Kalamada Sasan village under Aul police station limits. According to his family members, Sitakanta was returning with ration supplies...

Bhubaneswar: Flash floods were reported in the embankments of the Hati River in Odisha's Kalahandi district Sunday amid low-pressure-triggered heavy rainfall across the state that also prompted the administrations of two other districts to announce school holidays the next day, officials said. Under the impact...

Bramhapur: BJP's youth wing president in Odisha's Ganjam district, B Somanath Patra, has been arrested for allegedly obstructing police personnel from performing their duty and verbally abusing them during a child labour rescue operation, police said Sunday. According to officials, a police team from Integrated...

Thuamul Rampur(Kalahandi): Heavy rain in Odisha’s Kalahandi district has disrupted normal life in Thuamul Rampur block, with the area recording 345 mm of rainfall as the Indravati River swelled and floodwaters disrupted road connectivity, sources said Sunday. The incessant rain, which began Friday night, triggered...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Odisha under the influence of a low-pressure area in northwestern Bay of Bengal, with the IMD issuing a 'red warning' for five districts Sunday. Under the impact of the system, heavy rainfall is expected in several districts of...

Riamal: A female elephant was found dead in a protected forest near Jharabereni village under the Kundheigola section of Riamal forest range in Debagada district, forest officials said. The carcass was discovered in the forest under the jurisdiction of Chadheimara gram panchayat. The Kundheigola section...

By BIRA KISHORE DASH, OP Patana: Seventy-seven-year-old Gopinath Narayan High School in this block headquarters town of Kendujhar district is in a dilapidated condition, with students forced to attend classes under leaking roofs. The school, established in 1949 through the efforts of residents and named...