A 32-year-old physical education teacher, Priyabrata Behera, died after an iron flagpole touched an overhead low-tension power line at Royal High School in Maitapur, Balasore, on Saturday. Police said Behera and another…
Odisha Police have begun an inquiry into a British travel vlogger’s allegation that a cyclist followed her on an isolated rural stretch in Bhadrak district on Wednesday. The woman posted video footage…
Odisha will provide free textbooks and mid-day meals to students in Classes 9 and 10, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced, Times Now reports. The state previously covered textbook costs up to…
A 46-year-old farmer, Smruti Ranjan Swain, was found dead at his home in Kania village, Jagatsinghpur district, on Friday, after repeated rain damaged his paddy nursery, The New Indian Express reports. Villagers…
A woman in Rourkela, Odisha, allegedly attempted suicide by pouring kerosene and setting herself on fire outside the house of a man she was in love with, following a relationship dispute. The…
BJD president Naveen Patnaik has asked Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to convene a special session of the State Assembly to oppose the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill,…
Odisha-based Serendipity Space said it has successfully demonstrated drug crystallisation during a near-space mission, testing its orbital-class satellite prototype and autonomous pharmaceutical factory, Alchemy. The system operated in harsh space conditions and…
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…
Floods in northern Odisha have forced more than 41,000 people to relocate as heavy rain continued, officials said on Friday. The flooding has affected 429 villages in six districts, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak,…
Berhampur Town police have arrested Anant Kishore Dev and his driver, Sibaram Pradhan, after a traffic dispute near City Hospital allegedly turned into abuse and assault on Friday. OdishaTV reports that a…
