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KENDRAPADA: From beatings to kneel downs and standing on one leg, punishment in school used to be varied. But a headmaster of a govt school in Jajpur district has gone many steps ahead by putting stinging nettle inside the trousers of 10 students. Their alleged crime — creating disturbance in class.The incident, which took place…
The unrest centres on a proposed 3km road that the locals view as a precursor to mining in the ecologically sensitive Sijimali hills. KORAPUT/BHUBANESWAR: Tribals armed with axes and other sharp farming tools clashed with police Tuesday over the construction of a road linked to an upcoming Vedanta Group bauxite mining project in Odisha’s Rayagada,…
BHUBANESWAR: LPG cylinders will no longer be available in the open market in Odisha and only customers who have completed their e-KYC can procure them from authorised dealers, food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra announced on Sunday, amid complaints of black-marketing due to alleged shortage of cooking gas, reports Diana Sahu.“The department…
DIGHA/KOLKATA: Actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee (43), a popular face in the Bengali film, OTT and television industry, died on Sunday while shooting for a series called ‘Bhole Baba Paar Karega’ off the Talsari beach in Odisha, around 8km from Digha.Subhashis Mondal, director of the series, said, “The shoot had ended and most of the cast…
BHUBANESWAR: Police on Saturday booked BJP MLA Nabin Kumar Jain for allegedly firing blanks during Ram Navami procession in Titlagarh town of Balangir district.According to the police, the Titlagarh MLA fired three rounds from his licensed pistol in a celebratory mood during the procession in the evening where hundreds of people, including BJP supporters, took…
BARIPADA/PURI: At least three people were killed and three others injured as Nor’westers battered Odisha’s Mayurbhanj and Puri districts, police reported on Saturday.Strong winds accompanied by thunderstorms struck Baripada, the headquarters of Mayurbhanj district, around 11 pm on Friday, an officer said.“Two people were killed, and three others were injured. The deceased were travelling on…
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday said forests are the foundation of life and livelihood, stressing the need to protect and expand green cover while maintaining a balance between environment and industrialisation.Addressing the state-level International Day of Forests-2026 celebration here, Majhi said the aim is to raise public awareness about the importance of forests,…
BHUBANESWAR: A private bus travelling from Bhubaneswar to Nabarangpur caught fire near Ramabhadrapuram in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning, reportedly after a rear tyre burst.According to sources, all 37 passengers on board managed to evacuate safely, averting a major tragedy. However, the bus was completely gutted in the fire within a short span of time.It…
BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK: An electrical fire originating at a trauma unit of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack killed 12 patients on Monday. Hospital source said the blaze followed a small fire from an electrical spark in the first-floor trauma ICU that had been quickly attended to and doused. Till late Monday, there was no…
Rajya Sabha elections Monday accentuated the opposition’s inability to hold its ranks, with absentee legislators costing the Grand Alliance a seat in Bihar, cross-voting delivering a bonus seat to BJP in Odisha and a dispute over ballot secrecy leaving the poll outcome in Haryana hanging. In Bihar, Mahagathbandhan’s lone candidate, RJD’s Amarendra Dhari Singh, lost…
