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Rourkela: The World University Ranking for 2024 has been released by the Times Higher Education. This year NIT Rourkela moved two bands up from the previous year and has been ranked in the band of 601-800 in the list of world’s top universities. In the...

Berhampur: Miscreants hurled bombs at the vehicle of former Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) Mayor Shiv Shankar Dash at Sanamatha near Badasahi under Gosaninuagaon police limits here Friday night. The reason of the bomb attack has not yet been ascertained. Gosaninuagaon police launched an investigation into...

Bhadrak: An under-trial prisoner (UTP) lodged in Bhadrak Special Sub-Jail slit his left hand and private parts at the jail toilet, Saturday. The critically injured UTP was identified as Sushant Majhi of Kolha area under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district. Sources said, he has...

Balasore: Special Judge of POCSO court here Saturday convicted a 50-year-old man for outraging the modesty of a minor girl and sentenced him to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) along with a fine of Rs 1,000. The court ruled that in default of paying...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday forecast very heavy rainfall for Odisha over the next three days as the low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a well-marked system. Weather scientist Umashankar Dash of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said that...

Bhubaneswar/ Bolangir: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police's crime branch has arrested a wildlife smuggler and rescued a live pangolin from him, an official said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, an STF team with the help of Bolangir forest division officials Friday conducted...

Berhampur: Odisha police unearthed an illegal gutkha manufacturing unit at Tulasi Bihar-Ralab Road under Golanthara police limits in Ganjam district, police said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, Golanthara police Friday raided a house where the gutkha was manufactured illegally. Besides stocked gutkha, they also seized...

Keonjhar: A special Vigilance court sentenced a retired police official to four years of imprisonment after convicting him for accepting bribe here, Friday. The convicted police official was identified as former IIC of Baria police station Kalu Charan Swain, a native of Balipadar village under...

Rourkela: Local political leader George Tirky Friday threatened to gherao the SP office at Rourkela October 3 in support of the family of Sushmita Minz, the assistant collector whose body was found floating in a pond in the Sensory Park September 19. Besides, Susmita’s family...

Mahakalapara: The vast expanse of sandy beach at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary under this block in Kendrapara district is the largest rookery or mass nesting ground in the world for the rare Olive Ridley turtles followed by the coasts of Mexico and Costa Rica. However, rising...