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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress will support the nationwide strike and shutdown call 12 February given by 10 central trade unions against the Centre’s four labour codes, Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhakta Charan Das said. The strike call was issued by the All India Trade Union...

Visakhapatnam/Sonepur: At least two persons were killed and five others injured when a car travelling from Odisha to Visakhapatnam rammed into a stationary vehicle in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district Sunday. Police said the accident occurred on the National Highway near Palavalasa in Nandigam mandal. The...

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...