Debagada: A 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Kundheigola police station area of Debagada district, police said Monday. The accused, identified as Surendra Biswal alias Suren, son of Pramod Biswal of Khairapali village, was produced before a court Monday and remanded to judicial custody after his bail plea was rejected. The incident...

Talacher: A knife duel that ensued between two loco pilots following an argument at a rented house in Ganesh Vihar in Anugola district late Sunday night left one of them dead and another fighting for life, police said Monday. The deceased loco pilot identified as Hemant Maharana and his seriously injured colleague Kanhucharan Jena reportedly shared the...

Kantabanji: A 14-year-old boy died by suicide after his family allegedly refused to give him money for a mobile recharge in Kulihadar village under Kantabanji police limits in Balangir district Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Debendra Banchhor, son of Rudraksh Banchhor. He was a Class X student at a school in Kantabanji. According to...

Dhusuri: A 42-year-old bus conductor died after he fell from a moving bus and came under its rear wheel at Telipatana Square near Betaligaan on State Highway 35 between Bhadrak and Aradi Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Prabhat Mallik of Balibili village near Dolasahi under Tihidi police limits. According to police, Malik worked as the...

Raurkela: The main accused in the much-hyped Raurkela Circuit House arms case, Prakash Paswan, was produced in court Monday after the end of his remand and was subsequently sent to judicial custody. Police, meanwhile, took Prakash’s previously arrested associates, Amit Nayak and John Nayak, on one-day remand for further investigation. Police are questioning the two to uncover...

By  SIBADATTA SAHOO, OP Chitrakonda: The sorry state of education in the tribal-dominated Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district stands exposed as the Dabalpa Government Primary School in the remote Ralegada panchayat under Chitrakonda block runs from the verandah of a church in the absence of a building of its own. The school was established July 5 in...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched OSWAN video conferencing facilities in 115 urban local bodies (ULBs), along with the PMAY-BANDHU initiative and the Odisha Yatri SOS App during the state-level celebration of Local Self-Government Day 2026 at OUAT Krushi Shiksha Sadan Monday. Several initiatives were also launched during the state-level celebration to strengthen the capacity and...

Bhubaneswar: In a major relief for economically disadvantaged students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has directed that eligible students admitted to government medical and engineering colleges will not be required to deposit admission, tuition or other fees at the time of admission and for up to six...

Bhubaneswar: A seven-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from Kataka, has been rescued by the police after a 36-hour operation, a senior officer said Monday. The accused has been arrested from Balikuda railway station, Kataka-Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh told reporters. He said the girl had arrived at Kataka railway station from Anugola with her...

Shivaji Sarkar The Nepal floods are a grim warning for not only India, but the entire region. Afghanistan to Tibet, the Himalayan region is one territory – continuous and contiguous geographical unit – that has to share happiness and more than that turmoil together. Each Himalayan tragedy only signals the next one. Business as usual is no...