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Jajpur: Vigilance sleuths Saturday arrested a panchayat executive officer in Odisha's Jajpur district for allegedly misappropriating Rs 7.35 lakh of government funds meant for old-age pension beneficiaries. The arrested official, identified as Santosh Kumar Jena, is currently attached to Danagadi block. He had allegedly indulged...

Kendrapara: Odisha Police has detained a suspected Bangladeshi infiltrator carrying an unlicenced firearm, officials said Saturday. The man, identified as Mrutunjaya Mandal, appeared to be under the influence of alcohol when he was apprehended in a coastal village within Rajnagar police station limits. Although Mandal...

Sambalpur: A special court in Odisha's Sambalpur district Saturday sentenced a man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 6-year-old girl. The Special POCSO court judge, Abhilas Senapati, convicted the 22-year-old man under different sections of the POCSO Act and imposed a penalty...

Rayagada: A local court in Odisha's Rayagada district Saturday pronounced life imprisonment for three persons, after convicting them in a 2023 murder case. The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Rayagada, Alpana Swain, held the three guilty of murder and also imposed a penalty of...

Berhampur: The dream of becoming a doctor came true for Odisha's 19-year-old student Subham Sabar, who has been working as a labourer in Bengaluru to support his family, as he cracked the NEET UG exams and secured admission to the MBBS course at a college...

Sambalpur: In a remarkable display of devotion and creativity, Sambalpur’s Khetrajpur-based Natraj Club crafted a 26-foot-tall idol of Lord Ganesh entirely out of apples — approximately 1,500 kilograms of those. This towering apple idol is not just a visual spectacle but also a powerful message...

Koraput: The written examination for recruitment to 125 Home Guard posts in Koraput district, scheduled to be held August 31 at DAV College, Koraput, has been postponed indefinitely due to adverse weather conditions. In an official press release issued around 7pm Thursday, Rohit Verma, IPS,...

Rourkela: Students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela secured 1,274 placement offers and 509 six-month internships leading to potential pre-placement offers in the 2024-25 placement drive, despite global challenges such as recession-induced layoffs. The highest CTC recorded was Rs 62.44 lakh per annum,...

Jajpur Road: Residents near Ahmad Nagar, under the Jajpur Road railway overbridge (ROB), discovered the body of a minor girl Friday morning and alerted both the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Jajpur Road police. Both police units arrived at the scene and found the...

Berhampur: Three persons were killed in two separate road accidents in Odisha's Ganjam district Friday, police said. Two persons, identified as Sanatan Swansea (40) and Karna Sethi (55) from Khallingi village, died on the spot when their motorcycle collided head-on with a truck near Balipada...