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Barbil: The body of a 41-year-old woman, identified as Nirmala Sharma, wife of Neel Prasad Sharma, an assistant manager working with Rungta Mines, was recovered Monday morning from the company’s colony quarters in Barbil area of Keonjhar district. Police sources said the body bore multiple...

Berhampur: A doctor of MKCG Medical College and Hospital here has been accused of negligence and unauthorised referral of a patient to a private nursing home, resulting in the patient’s death following a botched surgery. The deceased, Balaram Gouda, 28, son of Ramesh Gouda, hailed...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over the back-to-back incidents of tribal couples being tied to a yoke and publicly humiliated by villagers for ‘violating’ customs, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Monday said stringent legal action would be taken against those operating such ‘kangaroo courts’. Terming the acts as...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The self-immolation bid by a second-year BEd student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore has triggered a storm of protests, grief, and rage across Odisha’s student and parent communities. The alleged cause: persistent harassment by an assistant professor, and the...

Khalikote/Berhampur: A woman from Kanheipur under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district sustained severe burns after she was allegedly set ablaze by her in-laws over dowry demands in the wee hours of Monday. The victim, Arati Das, suffered over 25 per cent burns and is...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Monday said that depression and obesity were becoming a matter of concern. Addressing the 5th convocation of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, Murmu said that apart from medicine, awareness is also necessary to treat depression. "A lifestyle change can provide mental peace. Yoga and pranayama...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Monday visited the burn unit at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and enquired about the health condition of a 20-year-old college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor, an official said. Murmu, who hailed from Odisha, was at the...

Bhubaneswar: As a 20-year-old college student fights for her life in AIIMS Bhubaneswar following a self-immolation bid over an alleged incident of 'sexual harassment', political tensions in Odisha have reached a boiling point, with opposition parties staging demonstrations and holding press conferences. Alleging that women...

Bhubaneswar: In a major development regarding the self-immolation attempt by a B.Ed student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore, the police Monday arrested the Principal, Dillip Kumar Ghose. He was earlier suspended from his post by the state Higher Education Department Saturday following the...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Sunday visited the Burn Centre at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and met the family members of the victim student pursuing B.Ed at FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who attempted self-immolation Saturday over alleged harassment by the Head of Department (HOD), Samir Kumar...