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Berhampur: A Class-VIII girl student and her two male friends were arrested Friday in Odisha's Gajapati district for allegedly killing a woman who had adopted the girl after rescuing her from a roadside when she was just three days old, a police officer said. According...

Bolangir: Two Maoist camps were busted in Odisha's Bolangir district and explosives were seized, police said Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the police, District Voluntary Force (DVF), and Special Operations Group (SOG) raided the camps in Gandhamardan Hills under Khaprakhol police...

Berhampur: India will become self-reliant in making fighter jets in the next few years, said Kota Harinarayana, the former programme director and chief designer of India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. Harinarayana, the Padma Shri awardee, said the ecosystem of manufacturing of aircraft has been...

Kendrapara: An Olive Ridley turtle, which was earlier tagged with a satellite-linked tracking device at Gahirmatha beach in Odisha's Kendrapara district, has travelled around 1,000 kilometres in the sea in 51 days to reach the Andhra Pradesh coast, an official said Friday. The turtle traversed...

Jaleswar: A junior mining officer had a close shave from the jaws of death after the driver of a sand laden tractor allegedly tried to ram into his official vehicle in a bid to kill him here in Balasore district late Wednesday night. As a...

Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NITR) have developed a breakthrough enhancement to electrocardiography (ECG), one of the most widely used techniques for monitoring heart activity. The new system enables clearer detection of subtle electrical signals from the heart’s upper chambers —...

Malkangiri: Resentment is brewing in parts of Malkangiri district over a move to rename villages originally designated as ‘MV’ (Malkangiri Village), with members of the Bengali community expressing frustration and intellectuals calling for government intervention. For more than 50 years, these villages have been home...

Sambalpur: A senior student of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla in Sambalpur district has been suspended Thursday from the hostel for three months following his involvement in a ragging incident reported May 7. The disciplinary action was taken...

Berhampur: A 40-year-old man and his two children allegedly killed themselves by consuming poisoned biryani in Gajapati district, police said Thursday. The incident happened at Odia Parala Street in the district headquarters town of Paralakhemundi Wednesday afternoon, they said. The man’s wife had died by...

Balasore: A Class IX student committed suicide by hanging at Balia area under Sahadevkhunta police limits of Balasore after his mother refused to give him mobile phone before tuition classes. The deceased was identified as the youngest son of Tapan Kumar Giri in this district...