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Kendrapara: The court of Additional District-cum-Special POCSO Judge of Kendrapara, Prangya Paramita Raul, Friday sentenced a youth to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) and slapped a penalty of Rs61,000 for kidnapping and raping a minor girl. The judge further ordered that the convict would...

Jharsuguda: The Additional District & Sessions Court in Jharsuguda Friday sentenced Prabin Dhurua, a resident of Sirisguda Kuanrmal under Laikera police limits, to life imprisonment for the murder of former vice chancellor of Sambalpur University (SU) Dhrubaraj Naik. The court also imposed a fine of...

Barpali: Police have arrested 12 people, including 10 students, in connection with a question paper leak at Barpali College in Bargarh district, officials said Friday. The Political Science question paper for the Plus III third-semester examination was allegedly leaked, leading to the arrests. The incident...

Baripada: Odisha Vigilance Department Friday arrested an official of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) in Mayurbhanj district after detecting disproportionate assets in his possession. The arrested official was a project administrator at the ITDA in the district's Bonai area. A case has been registered...

Bhawanipatna: Police Friday arrested five employees of a cash logistics company for allegedly stealing Rs 10 lakh while transporting money to automated teller machines (ATMs) in Odisha's Kalahandi district. The company, engaged by the State Bank of India (SBI), was responsible for loading cash into...

Berhampur: The internal rift among BJD corporators in the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has been widening despite repeated calls for unity from party supremo and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik. The discord was evident during Wednesday’s corporation meeting, which was disrupted due to unruly behaviour...

Kendrapara: A brick kiln labourer was sentenced to 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) Thursday along with a fine of Rs 50,000 by the Ad-hoc Additional Session Judge (Fast Track Special Court) of Kendrapara for raping a 15-year-old girl. Public Prosecutor of Additional District Judge –cum-Special...

Berhampur: A teacher couple from the Kukudakhandi police station area in Ganjam district was defrauded of Rs 34.5 lakh through digital arrest by cybercriminals, police said Thursday. The scam came to the light after the woman lodged a complaint at the Berhampur Cyber and Economic...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday introduced the state’s first automated testing station (ATS) in Cuttack, marking a significant advancement in ensuring the transparency and efficiency of motor vehicle fitness testing. This state-of-the-art facility, set up under the Cuttack Regional Transport Office (RTO), uses advanced machinery...

DEBADURLLAV HARICHANDAN, OP Bhubaneswar: The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2024 has exposed the lacunae in the state’s elementary and primary education. The report, published recently, has revealed that just 59.4 per cent fifth-grade students in state’s schools can read textbooks meant for second...