Khallikote: A two-year-old girl child who had gone missing from Balugaon railway station was rescued Sunday from Gurapalli toll gate along National Highway 16 under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district. The child was reportedly abandoned by an unidentified man who quickly fled the scene....
Sunabeda/Semiliguda: In the absence of a bridge, students from several villages under Charangul panchayat in Semiliguda block have been forced to risk their lives as they have to cross the Kolab reservoir by country boat daily in order to reach their school. Children from six...
Jaleswar: A man was killed and 35 others were injured as a passenger bus overturned after being hit by a truck on the bypass road near Chalanti village under this police limits in Balasore district Sunday. The deceased was identified as Malaya Mohanty, 45, of...
Bhubaneswar: Amid widespread outrage over the self-immolation attempt by a female student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, the Opposition parties—Biju Janata Dal and Congress—have written separate letters to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking time to meet her during her two-day visit to Odisha starting...
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday issued a heavy rainfall warning for several districts of Odisha as a low-pressure area is likely to form over the northwest Bay of Bengal (BoB) and adjoining coastal areas of West Bengal and Odisha within the next 24...
Bhubaneswar: Student and youth wings of several prominent political parties held demonstrations, demanding justice for the girl, who set herself on fire over alleged sexual harassment meted out to her by the Head of the Education department at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore recently....
Koraput/Narayanpatna: A couple in Peda Itiki village under Bargi panchayat of Narayanpatna block in the district was subjected to humiliating punishment for marrying within the same clan, as a kangaroo court allegedly forced them to plough the village road with a wooden yoke tied to...
Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Four persons, including a woman, were killed due to lightning strikes in Odisha's Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur and Bhadrak districts Sunday, police said. A 65-year-old farmer died in lightning in Balabhadrapur village under the Jenapur police station limits in Jajpur district, a senior officer said....
Kendrapara: A 47-year-old primary school teacher was arrested in Odisha's Kendrapara district for allegedly sexually assaulting a widow, police said Sunday. The accused, a government school teacher in Raigada village under the Jamboo Marine Police Station limits in the district, was apprehended Saturday, a senior...
Bhubaneswar: The father of the 20-year-old college student who attempted self-immolation after allegedly being denied justice in a sexual harassment case Sunday claimed that his daughter was pressured by college authorities to withdraw her complaint. Blaming the principal of state-run Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Dillip...
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