State

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of BJD leaders and workers Monday staged demonstrations before the offices of the revenue divisional commissioners (RDCs) in three different regions of Odisha demanding the constitution of a judicial panel to probe the self-immolation death of a woman student in Balasore. Opposition leaders...

Balasore: A mathematics teacher of a state-run high school in Odisha's Balasore district was detained for allegedly sexually harassing a Class-IX student, police said Monday. The headmaster of the high school was also detained for allegedly failing to act on the student’s complaint. Both were...

Paralakhemundi: Nestled between the ancient Mahendragiri hills in the east and Devagiri hill range in the north, Gajapati district has 129 landslide-prone zones. Home to many tribal communities, the district has long been vulnerable to landslides as these hill ranges are very old and have...

Balasore: The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police, which is investigating the self-immolation death of a college student in Balasore, Sunday said the 20-year-old woman had set herself on fire as her complaint of sexual harassment was not validated by an internal enquiry committee of...

Daringbadi: The state government has launched a new initiative to develop homestays in the tribal villages of Kandhamal district, aiming to promote eco-cultural tourism while boosting rural livelihoods. As part of the project, a joint survey by the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) and the...

Baripada/Bangiriposhi: A girl studying in Class VIII was found two months pregnant at the hostel of a state-run residential school under Bangiriposhi police limits in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, police said Sunday. The incident has sent shockwaves in the area as the news spread after the...

Basudevpur: A 13-year-old schoolboy was killed Sunday afternoon after being hit by a speeding truck near Betada Bazaar on the Basudevpur-Dhamara road in Bhadrak district. The victim, Debaditya Behera, son of Debendra Behera from Harisaranbindha village under Aruha panchayat, was a student of Prashanti Shishu...

Paralakhemundi: The Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET), which was scheduled for Sunday, was abruptly postponed late Saturday night after reports emerged that the question paper had been leaked on social media platforms. After the reports surfaced, authorities postponed the examination till further notification. As a...

Keonjhar: A complaint has been filed with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in New Delhi over the alleged illegal detention of 11 residents of Saleikena village in Keonjhar district in connection with an elephant death and tusk theft case. According to human rights activist...

Bonai: A man murdered his wife and later dumped her body in a nullah reportedly over her extramarital affair at Jada village under Gurundia police limits in Sundargarh district Saturday. The matter came to light after the accused surrendered at Gurundia police station Sunday. He...