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New Delhi: India batter Shreyas Iyer, who sustained a blunt injury to his abdomen while fielding during the third ODI against Australia October 25, is stable now and has been discharged from the hospital in Sydney Saturday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India...

Kolkata/Balasore: The trial in the case of gangrape of a second-year student of a private medical college & hospital in West Bengal's Durgapur will start from Saturday. The matter will be heard at the Additional Sessions Court at Durgapur, where the case has been transferred...

Berhampur: In a major development, a Special POCSO Court in Ganjam district sentenced two army personnel to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl inside a school bus on the premises of the Army Air Defence (AD) College in Gopalpur. The convicts, identified as...

Kendrapara: A 7-month-long fishing ban at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary will come into effect from Saturday and continue until May 31, 2026. The restriction, extending up to 20 km off Bay of Bengal coast, will be enforced by the Marine Fishery department under the provisions...

Rayagada: A Class IV student of Baising Government Primary School in Rayagada district has died of malaria, raising questions over hostel management and the handling of students’ health condition. The deceased was identified as Nandini Tadingi, 9, who was staying in a hostel run by...

Dhenkanal: Eight years after the murder of BJP supporter Salman Rout during the 2017 panchayat elections in Dhenkanal district, a local court Friday sentenced eight persons to life imprisonment while acquitting five others due to lack of evidence. The judgment was delivered by District and...

Subarnapur: In a heartbreaking incident that underscores the challenges of rural poverty, a woman in Subarnapur district was forced to mortgage her ration card to cover the medical expenses of her injured minor son. According to reports, Krishna Nayak, a Class VIII student at Sindurpur...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the Centre has approved 62 more postgraduate (PG) seats in six state-run medical colleges and hospitals for the 2025-26 academic year. Majhi said the approval for additional PG seats is a “significant milestone” in strengthening the...

Nuapada: Tension prevailed at Khariar Road in bypoll-bound Nuapada Assembly segment Friday after a raid was conducted at the rented residence of BJD senior general secretary and former minister Priti Ranjan Gharai, a star campaigner for the Opposition party. The raid was conducted by officials...

Cuttack: Orissa High Court Friday rejected the bail pleas of two accused, Soumya Sankar Chakra alias Raja and Susanta Kumar Samal, in connection with a massive financial fraud involving the Gandhamardan Loading Agency and Transporting Co-operative Society Ltd. Delivering the judgment, Justice Gourishankar Satapathy observed...