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By BIRA KISHORE DASH, OP Patana: Seventy-seven-year-old Gopinath Narayan High School in this block headquarters town of Kendujhar district is in a dilapidated condition, with students forced to attend classes under leaking roofs. The school, established in 1949 through the efforts of residents and named...

Baripada: A serving sub-inspector of Baripada Town police station has been arrested for allegedly torturing his newly-wed wife over dowry and attempting to kill her by strangling her, police said. The accused, SI Pravat Kumar Nayak, a native of Baniapat in Kendujhar district, was arrested...

Nabarangpur: Farmers in rain-dependent areas face recurring droughts because of inadequate and erratic rainfall when the monsoon fails, farmlands dry up and crop production is severely affected. To address the problem, a pilot project has been launched in Kosagumuda block of Nabrangpur district under the...

Bhubaneswar: The World Skill Center (WSC) has signed 25 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with government and private engineering colleges and universities to strengthen industry-academia collaboration and expand access to advanced, industry-aligned skill training for Odisha’s youth. The MoUs were signed at an ‘MoU Signing-cum-Felicitation Ceremony’...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday blamed the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Odisha for the sharp rise in sugar prices, alleging that the state is witnessing the highest sugar prices in the country and that consumers are being forced to...

Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court Saturday sentenced former principal of the Government Driving Training School, Bhubaneswar, Pravakar Behera, to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. The court also imposed a fine of `1 lakh on Behera, who had been...

Bhubaneswar: Tamando police have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly cheating a city resident of Rs 9 lakh on the promise of securing him a permanent job at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, officials said Saturday. The accused has been identified as Bhagirathi Sethi, a resident of Pathapur...

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Latur (Maharashtra): Police in the district have registered a case against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke and others for allegedly entering a government school without permission, disrupting official work and threatening teachers. The First Information Report (FIR) was registered at Ausa police station...

Paradip: A Panama-flagged cargo ship sank in the Bay of Bengal Saturday, about 240 nautical miles from the Paradip coast in Odisha, officials said. The ship, with 24 crew members on board, was heading towards Singapore carrying iron ore from Odisha, they said. The Indian...