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New Delhi/Nuapada: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Monday issued notifications for the by-elections to five Assembly constituencies across the country. The polling is scheduled for November 11, and the counting of votes is to be held November 14. According to the notification, the by-election...

Balasore: A government primary school located in the middle of farmland in Dhili village under Bauripada panchayat of Simulia block in Balasore district lacks road access, forcing students and teachers to wade through a nullah or cross a narrow, rickety bamboo bridge daily. The school,...

Patana: Nirmal Chandra Mohant, 72, of Chemena village under Keonjhar district’s Patana block, who once made headlines in the 1970s for running a self-built radio station called Akashvani Chemena, is back in the limelight — this time for inventing a human body sensor capable of...

Nandapur/Padua, Oct 12: A family of Mariput village in Panthlung panchayat under Nandapur block of Koraput district was allegedly attacked after being accused of witchcraft. The assailants reportedly killed the family’s pet dog and birds and assaulted two family members with spears and axes. Fearing...

Attabira/Godbhaga: Panic gripped the Attabira area of Bargarh district after a body with throat slit was found near Satijore, along National Highway 53 connecting Sambalpur and Bargarh. The deceased has been identified as Mahadev Sahu, 55, a resident of Gaurang Tikra in Barahgoda village under...

Rourkela: A melodious evening filled with nostalgia and reverence for the legendary Lata Mangeshkar unfolded at the Civic Centre here Saturday, as the Lata Mangeshkar Fans’ Club, Rourkela, hosted its annual tribute concert, Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai, on the occasion of her birth anniversary....

Nayagarh: In a tragic incident, an eight-year-old boy was critically injured Sunday morning after an explosion occurred while he was burning a heap of garbage in Guptapalli village under Nayagarh block. The injured child, identified as Soumya Ranjan Pradhan, was first rushed to the Nayagarh...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: A team of Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) may soon visit West Bengal to enquire about the health condition of the medical student, who was allegedly gangraped by some men in the Durgapur area of the neighbouring state. Addressing media persons during a...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi spoke over the phone with the father of a woman hailing from the state who was gang-raped in West Bengal's Durgapur and assured him of all support from the state government. The woman hailing from Jaleswar in Odisha's...

Kolkata/Balasore: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken a suo motu cognisance of the gangrape of a second-year medical student from Odisha. The gagarape took place outside a private medical college at Durgapur in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal, Friday night, where...