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Rayagada: Five people, most of whom were children, were killed as an under-construction culvert collapsed on them in Odisha's Rayagada district Monday, police said. The incident took place in Uparsaja village in Kalyansinghpur block while they were bathing in the rainwater that had accumulated under...

Koraput: Andhra Pradesh officials removed several signboards near the main reservoir of the Machkund Hydroelectric Project at Jalaput area in Koraput district and threw them away, said a source Sunday. Andhra Pradesh officials also took down a welcome signboard that had been placed close to...

Angul: Police questioned six persons in connection with the killing of a minor boy at Subarnapur village under Athmallik block in Odisha’s Angul district, a source said Sunday. According to the source, police questioned a sorcerer named Gitanjali Bag among the six detainees. The cops...

Bhadrak: Scores of OSSC ULB Accountant aspirants Sunday staged a protest in front of their examination centre at Bhadrak Autonomous College alleging question paper leak. Aspirants claimed that the question papers were ‘leaked’ as they had noticed that the seal of the papers had been...

Bhadrak: A woman died days after undergoing tubectomy surgery in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, a source said Saturday. The deceased woman was identified as Jayanti Bej. She was the daughter of Hrusikesh Bej from Rauturapur village within Agarpada police limits in Bhadrak district. According to the...

Le Pecq (France): French magistrates have filed preliminary charges against two Chinese citizens and two other people from France in an investigation of a leading chip supplier whose advanced technology with possible military uses was reportedly smuggled to China and Russia, allegedly skirting sanctions and...

Tokyo: India's former World Championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen stormed into the men's singles quarterfinals of the Japan Open Thursday, beating Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in straight games in a second-round clash here. The 21-year-old Sen, currently ranked 13th in World Rankings, defeated Tsuneyama 21-14,...

New Delhi: Indian men's and women's hockey teams are keen to win the gold medal at the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games to secure direct qualification for the next year's Paris Olympics. The men's team, who ended a 41-year wait for an Olympic medal winning a...

Balasore: A utility truck carrying nearly 40 labourers Tuesday overturned on National Highway-16 near Nandika Square under Jaleswar police limits in Odisha’s Balasore district, a source said. According to the source, as many as 10 labourers sustained injuries due to the mishap. Following the accident,...

Bhubaneswar: JE Civil (Junior Engineer) aspirants Monday gheraoed the OSSC (Odisha Staff Selection Commission) office in Bhubaneswar demanding strict action against the staff and officials who were allegedly involved in the question paper leak. Notably, the OSSC Sunday cancelled the main written examination for JE...