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Kendrapara: The Odisha Police Tuesday said that the 19-year-old female college student, whose charred body was found in her house in Kendrapara district August 6, had died by suicide and it was not a case of honour killing as alleged earlier. A day after the...

Malkangiri: Champa Raspeda of Odisha's Malkangiri district became the first student from the Didayi, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), to clear NEET-2025 and secure admission into Fakir Mohan Medical College & Hospital, Balasore. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed happiness over the student's achievement....

Sambalpur: A murder accused was injured in an encounter with security personnel in Odisha's Sambalpur city in the early hours of Tuesday when he allegedly attempted to escape from custody, police said. The incident took place near Khandual area in the city when a police...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed Odisha Tuesday as the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, the IMD said. Among the districts that received heavy rain are Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Gajapati and Kandhamal, it said. "The depression over northwest and...

Bolangir: A clash broke out between police and villagers in Biripali village under Bangomunda police limits of Bolangir district when officers tried to rescue a couple, a video of which later went viral on social media. According to sources, a man from Biripali had earlier...

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: A team of doctors from SCB Medical College and Hospital, Odisha’s premier government-run health unit, Monday flew to the far-flung Malkangiri district on the southernmost tip of the state to provide critical healthcare facilities as part of the air health service under the Mukhyamantri...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam police district has emerged as the top performer in the state during the recently concluded Operation Garuda, a special enforcement drive carried out from August 1 to 16, officials said. Under the directive of Superintendent of Police Subhendu Kumar Patra, the crackdown targeted...

Malkangiri: A portion of the boundary wall of Malkangiri airport collapsed again Monday following heavy overnight rain in the district. About 30 feet of the wall gave way, marking the third such incident since the airport’s inauguration one-and-a-half years ago. The repeated collapses have raised...

Jharsuguda: Panic has gripped fringe villages of Jharsuguda district after fresh tiger pugmarks were spotted in the Bagdihi forest range Monday morning. According to reports, villagers in Bhukalapada, Ganjudihi, Karlakhman and Jammamal noticed the pugmarks and immediately alerted forest officials. A Forest department team confirmed...

Balasore: Achieving a rare feat, a girl from the Didayi tribal community of Malkangiri district, who dreamed of becoming a doctor, has cracked the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Champa Raspada, a resident of Amlibeda village in Muduliguda, has become the first woman from...