Train services on the Koraput route in Odisha were disrupted after a high-voltage electricity tower collapsed near Maliguda railway station following strong winds and rain on Friday. The East Coast Railway reported…
School holidays have been extended in five Odisha districts, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Gajapati, Koraput and Rayagada, as heavy rainfall from a deep depression continues. The India Meteorological Department has issued a red warning…
Three people have been arrested after a female model was allegedly sexually assaulted inside a forest in Odisha during a photoshoot. OdishaTV reported the arrests in a headline identifying Koraput through its…
The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to strictly implement safety guidelines and submit a compliance report, expressing concern over recurring deaths and injuries of school children due to collapsing…
Tribal women in Odisha's Malkangiri and Koraput districts have replaced illegal cannabis cultivation with indigenous black rice varieties like Kalabati, Kala Moli and Kala Jeera. The women, organised into self-help groups, manage…
The body of a pregnant 22-year-old woman from Odisha’s Koraput district was recovered in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. Police have arrested her alleged live-in partner Mohan Khilla, 35, and his associate Milan…
A pregnant woman in labour was carried nearly three kilometres on a stretcher by ambulance staff and family members in Odisha’s Koraput district because her village has no road. The incident occurred…
