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Odisha Police nab another teacher in question leak scandal

Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested another person in connection with the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2025 question paper leak case, taking the total number of arrests to seven, officials said Friday. The latest arrest was made in Kalahandi district. The accused, identified as Prasant Kumar...

River-linking roadmap

Chorus grows for linking rivers in Kendrapara district

Kendrapara: With the state government emphasising interstate river-linking projects, voices are growing louder for similar initiatives within Kendrapara district. Local intelligentsia, social activists and political leaders have urged authorities to include the district in the state’s broader river-linking roadmap. The issue assumes significance as the...

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Five sentenced to life for murder

Malkangiri: A local court here Thursday sentenced five persons to life imprisonment in connection with a murder over suspected witchcraft and sorcery in 2020. District and Sessions Judge Prasanna Kumar Panda pronounced the verdict after examining the statements recorded by 10 witnesses. Those convicted are...

Molestation

Five held for molestation, bid to abduct woman

Joda: Police Thursday arrested five workers from neighbouring West Bengal on charges of molesting and trying to abduct a woman within the police limits in Keonjhar district. The accused were identified as Farid Sheikh, Sahidul Sheikh, Dildar Hussain, Jamal Sheikh and Saffi Kul Sheikh of...

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Doctors brave floodwaters to rescue pregnant woman

Rajnagar: Amid a second wave of flooding in the Brahmani River, two doctors played the role of Good Samaritans to rescue a pregnant woman in labour and waded through waist-deep floodwaters to bring her to safety. The doctors are being hailed by the local residents...

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21 arrested with 213 gram brown sugar

Anandapur: Keonjhar district police have arrested 21 persons and seized 213 grams of brown sugar from their possession during a series of raids under various police station areas across Anandapur sub-division in Keonjhar district. Cash worth Rs 8.3 lakh and 12 mobile phones were also...

 

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