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Baripada/Bangiriposhi: A girl studying in Class VIII was found two months pregnant at the hostel of a state-run residential school under Bangiriposhi police limits in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, police said Sunday. The incident has sent shockwaves in the area as the news spread after the...

Basudevpur: A 13-year-old schoolboy was killed Sunday afternoon after being hit by a speeding truck near Betada Bazaar on the Basudevpur-Dhamara road in Bhadrak district. The victim, Debaditya Behera, son of Debendra Behera from Harisaranbindha village under Aruha panchayat, was a student of Prashanti Shishu...

Paralakhemundi: The Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET), which was scheduled for Sunday, was abruptly postponed late Saturday night after reports emerged that the question paper had been leaked on social media platforms. After the reports surfaced, authorities postponed the examination till further notification. As a...

Keonjhar: A complaint has been filed with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in New Delhi over the alleged illegal detention of 11 residents of Saleikena village in Keonjhar district in connection with an elephant death and tusk theft case. According to human rights activist...

Bonai: A man murdered his wife and later dumped her body in a nullah reportedly over her extramarital affair at Jada village under Gurundia police limits in Sundargarh district Saturday. The matter came to light after the accused surrendered at Gurundia police station Sunday. He...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to revolutionise flood management and enhance safety of both infrastructure and personnel at dams, barrages and intra-river reservoirs in the state, the Water Resources department has enunciated the ‘Automated Gate Scheme’. Under the scheme, gates of 14 dams (76 gates), 10...

Kolkata: Former state Congress president in West Bengal and former five-time Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Sunday, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over harassment, humiliation, and physical torture being allegedly faced by Bengali-speaking migrant workers in two BJP-ruled states, Maharashtra and Odisha....

Jajpur: An investigation was started after a 21-year-old man lodged a complaint, accusing his professor of sexually harassing him, officials in Odisha's Jajpur district said Sunday. The man, a third-year undergraduate student of political science, alleged that the head of his department invited him to...

Puri: The man who saved the life of the 15-year-old girl, kidnapped and set on fire by some men in Odisha's Puri district, recounted Sunday the 90 minutes that he spent after she knocked on his door with cries of "save me, save me". Dukshishyam...

Bhubaneswar: Petrol pump dealers across Odisha will stop selling fuel in loose containers starting Monday, state petroleum dealers’ association announced Sunday. Shashank Shekhar Sahu, president of the association, said petrol will now be dispensed only into vehicle tanks. Though this rule already exists, he admitted...