Rain plays spoilsport in MCL Cup
Bhubaneswar: Thundershower spoiled two group league matches of the ongoing 29th MCL Cup Bhubaneswar Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-VI Boys’ High School Ground here on Thursday.…
1-yr-old girl branded with hot iron, hospitalised
Keonjhar: A one-year-old girl was admitted to Keonjhar district headquarters hospital on Thursday when her condition deteriorated after being branded with hot iron to cure stomach ailment.…
92 litres of foreign liquor seized, 5 arrested in Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal: In a major breakthrough, excise sleuths on Thursday seized 92 litres of foreign liquor and arrested five persons involved
in the alleged illegal trade from different places under…
Probe ordered into Khurda midday meal incident
Khurda: The school and mass education department on Thursday ordered a probe into the incident in which over 100 students of Deulatangi Primary School in Khurda were taken ill after…
Govt hikes incentive for inter-caste marriage to Rs 1L
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday hiked the cash incentive for inter-caste marriages from existing Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
"The monetary assistance will be provided to men and…
Sexual misconduct: Woman writer files Rs 50L defamation suit against Haraprasad Das
Bhawanipatana: After lodging an FIR with Bhawanipatna Town police against noted litterateur Haraprasad Das for allegedly harassing her on social media, lecturer and writer Pallishree…
NKS stages protest in Keonjhar over farmers’ demands
Keonjhar: Hundreds of activists of Nabanirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS), an Odisha-based farmers’ outfit, staged a massive protest before Telkoi block office in Keonjhar district seeking…
Two killed, 4 inured in van-truck collision in Balasore
Balasore: One person died and four were injured when the pick-up van in which they were travelling collided with a truck on NH-16 at Dandakali under Khantapada police limits in Balasore…
Two sisters die of asphyxiation in Angul fire mishap
Angul: Two sisters died of asphyxiation after a fire broke out in their house at Bantala Bazaar in Angul district on Thursday.
They were identified as Ujjwala Gana (40) and Bimala Gaana…
Rain fury: Bridge washed away in Rayagada disrupting road link with AP
Rayagada: The approach road to an under-construction bridge near Jagannathpur village in Rayagada district was washed away on Thursday following incessant rain since last two days, cutting…