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Bhadrak: Two criminals sustained bullet injuries following an encounter with Gramanchal police Wednesday morning near Barapada village in Bhadrak district. The two have been identified as Prahallad Das from Soro locality and Sushant Mallick from Nilagiri of Balasore district. Prahallad and Sushant are suspected to...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 237 new Covid-19 cases, of which 39 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,49,345. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,370. Odisha also...

Balasore: Eighty posts of teachers are lying vacant in 24 smarts schools developed under 5T high school transformation scheme in Balasore district. According to reports, these schools have smart classrooms where students are imparted learning through smart boards and digital medium with an aim to...

Chhatrapur: People in all towns of Ganjam district will soon avail of city bus services like that in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. This decision was taken at a meeting of the management committee of the Ganjam District Urban Area Transport Services Limited....

Berhampur: AIDS has been a major cause of concern for the Health department as well as the administration in Ganjam despite a plethora of preventive and awareness measures being undertaken. The district has the highest number of HIV positive patients in the state, according to...

Phulbani: Parents of a one-and-half-year-old infant suffering from a rare illness called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA-Type 2) in Kandhamal district have sought help from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the treatment of their son. The couple, Kulamani Rana and Tamlika Das, have started an intense...

Sambalpur: A 16-year-old student tried to die by suicide in Sambalpur district after being allegedly slapped by a retired lecturer. The student had borrowed Rs 10,000 from the lecturer. His failure to repay the loan prompted the lecturer to allegedly slap the student. Feeling humiliated...

Loisingha: A farmer was trampled to death by a female elephant when he had been to his farmland to oversee his crops at Bhalupali village under this police limits in Bolangir district, Monday. The deceased was identified as Gopal Podha, 48, in the village. Another...

Koraput: Services of four trains plying from Koraput to Jagdalpur will be curtailed from November 30 to December 2 for expansion work (double laning) of the Koraput-Kirandul rail route, a notification issues by East Coast Railways (ECoR) said. Consequently, the Jagdalpur bound special train from...

Berhampur: At least four floriculture clusters will be developed under a CSIR mission in Odisha to boost cultivation of flowers and create business opportunities for entrepreneurs in the sector, an official said Monday. The clusters will be set up by the Council of Scientific and...