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ROURKELA: NIT Rourkela has improved its position in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026, securing 652nd place globally, up from 664 last year. The institute is ranked 180th in Asia and 20th in India, retaining its status as the top-ranked NIT and the highest-ranked...

Rayagada: A married woman was allegedly raped in Rayagada town late Tuesday night, according to a written complaint filed at the Rayagada Town PS by the survivor and her husband. Police, under the supervision of SDPO Gaurahari Sahu, launched an investigation and detained a youth...

Keonjhar: Two excise officials were arrested in Odisha's Keonjhar district Wednesday for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a licenced liquor vendor, a statement said. The arrested officials were identified as Excise Superintendent Sitarani Pattayat and Champua excise station's officer-in-charge Bijay Kumar Mohanta,...

Rourkela: Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy Wednesday announced plans to double the capacity of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to 9.8 million tonnes by 2030 with an investment of about Rs 30,000 crore. “We are also taking up modernisation of the...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy Wednesday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the Lok Seva Bhawan and held discussions on several matters, including issues related to the expansion of the integrated steel plant of Steel Authority of India...

Berhampur: The Odisha Forest Department arrested a 35-year-old man after carcasses of 33 migratory birds were found in two gunny bags he was carrying near a water body under the Chilika Wildlife Division, police said Wednesday. The 33 birds belonged to three different species. The...

Jharsuguda: Jharsuguda police Tuesday claimed to have busted a 12-member interstate cyber fraud gang, and seized dozens of bank passbooks, ATM cards, mobile phones and vehicles. Addressing a presser at Town Police Station here, Superintendent of Police Gundala Reddy Raghavendra said that investigators recovered more...

Keonjhar: Normal life was disrupted in Keonjhar district Tuesday as all government offices, educational institutions and banks remained closed while vehicular traffic came to a grinding halt in many parts of the district during the 12-hour bandh call given by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Tuesday...

Rayagada: A local court here Tuesday sentenced five members of a family to life imprisonment after convicting them of killing a man 11 years ago. The convicts were identified as P Suriya Rao, P Shankar Rao, P Srinu, P Trinath Rao and P Satyam of...

Basudevpur: Villagers in Palasahi under Sanakrushnapur panchayat in Bhadrak district foiled an armed robbery late Monday night, capturing two suspects and their getaway vehicle after a dramatic chase, police said. According to police, four men carrying guns and sharp weapons entered the residence of Prafulla...