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Rourkela: Two students drowned while visiting Gagri Ghat waterfall near Kalunga Fandi in Rourkela’s Brahmanitarang police limits Friday, officials said. The deceased were identified as Om Suna, 16, of Sector-15 Havildar Quarters, and Anurag Das, 16, of Sector-1. Both were Class X students at IEMS...

Bargarh/Dhenkanal/Chhatrapur: In a tragic series of road accidents across Odisha, seven people, including two children, were killed and three others critically injured in the last 24 hours, highlighting the growing concern over road safety in the state. In Dhenkanal district, a horrific accident occurred near...

Sheragada: A man and his grandson died after being bitten by a venomous snake in Kamuda village of Sheragada block under Ganjam district, late Thursday night, authorities said. Panchanan Nayak, 50, of Shabarpalli village in Koradakana panchayat, was resting at home after dinner with his...

Balasore: Siddhartha Pati, a scientist from Balasore, has earned a patent for developing an eco-friendly process to extract chitosan — a biodegradable compound used in pharmaceutical industry— from discarded shrimp shells, turning marine waste into valuable bioproducts. Pati’s startup, aligned with the government’s Circular Economy...

Koraput: In a significant push to promote Koraput Coffee, Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) of the Southern Division, Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, Thursday announced plans to set up an exclusive Koraput Coffee outlet in Gopalpur, one of the state's leading coastal tourist destinations. The initiative aims to...

Berhampur: Police Friday arrested 18 people for their alleged involvement in the clash between two neighbouring villages in Odisha's Ganjam district over a land dispute. The villagers of Singipur and Ratnamanipur, under the Patapur police station limits in Ganjam district, were engaged in a clash...

Jajpur: Odisha Police Friday arrested two persons with criminal backgrounds for allegedly firing at a travel agency office here over a delay in the refund of cancelled railway tickets. The accused have been identified as Michael Santosh (23) of Purbakot village and Santosh Pradhan (24)...

Nuapada:  Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R S Gopalan Friday directed the district administration and police to take prompt action on complaints lodged in the cVigil app for the bypolls to the Nuapada assembly constituency. cVIGIL is a web-based platform where citizens can lodge complaints...

Baripada: A special POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl four years ago. Special POCSO court judge Pratima Patra held 23-year-old Balaram Munda guilty of the crime and also imposed a...

Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday released a list of 40 star campaigners for the by-election in Nuapada Assembly constituency, scheduled to be held November 11. The list includes party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, along with veteran leaders Prasanna Acharya, Debi Prasad...