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Phulbani: A man allegedly killed his 92-year-old mother and then set her body on fire after a heated exchange of words in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said Monday. The incident took place Sunday at Khajurisahi near Badimunda village in the district. The deceased mother was...

Bhubaneswar: A 13-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Bhubaneswar's Baramunda area Monday while he was bathing. The victim identified as Om Prakash Pradhan, was a class-VIII student of a residential school of an orphanage in Khandagiri area. The boy and his friends had gone...

Keonjhar: Newly inaugurated Dharanidhar Medical College and Hospital (DDMCH) at Kabitra near Keonjhar town has failed to be of any use to the patients as it is yet to become fully operational months after its inauguration. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the newly-built medical college...

Keonjhar: A day-long workshop titled ‘Empowerment through Nutrition: Together towards a Healthy Keonjhar’ was organised by the Keonjhar district administration Saturday at the Keonjhar auditorium. Attending the workshop presided over by District Collector Ashish Thakare, retired IAS officer and UNICEF Odisha’s senior advisor Akhila Bihari...

Sambalpur: The academic landscape of Sambalpur University is set to expand as the institution is planning to launch three new Post Graduate (PG) programmes in the next academic session. The varsity authorities have proposed the government to introduce PG programmes in Education, Commerce and Sanskrit....

Berhampur: The Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) here has been making unique statues and sculptures going by its “Waste to Wealth” mantra. This time, however, its students have built a 23-foot elephant statue inspired by the Prime Minister’s call for “Swachhata Hi Seva” ahead of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's GST collections increased by 12.85 per cent to Rs 4,249.12 crore in September, officials said Sunday. The state had collected a gross GST revenue of Rs 3,765.17 crore in the same month last year, they said. The collection to be retained by the...

Bhawanipatna: A 65-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his nephew who suspected that he was doing black magic, targetting him and his family, police said. The incident happened in Sikerguda village in Bhawanipatna Sadar police station area of Odisha's Kalahandi district, they said. The nephew,...

Bhawanipatna: Three bodies with throats slit were found in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said Sunday. The bodies, which include that of a two-year-old boy, were found in a secluded area beside the Samkarpal-Dunda Road in Junagarh police station area. The deceased were identified as Raimati...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rains are likely to continue in parts of Odisha till October 5 due to a well-marked low-pressure area over West Bengal and neighbouring Jharkhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. In the last 24 hours, heavy rains lashed parts of Khurda, Puri,...