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'A relentless fighter for justice': HC orders Odisha to appoint PwD candidate as teacher

India, Aug. 25 -- The Orissa High Court ordered the state government to appoint a visually challenged woman as a school teacher on August 22, nearly a decade after her application for the post was wro... Read More


Five die of food poisoning in Odisha village within a week

India, Aug. 25 -- Five persons of a village in Odisha's Koraput district have died of food poisoning while five others have been hospitalised in the last five days after attending a community feast, o... Read More


Locked in classroom, 8-yr-old girl tries to squeeze through grill; stuck for 18 hrs

India, Aug. 22 -- An eight-year-old girl whose head was stuck in the grill of her classroom's window for 18 hours in Odisha's Keonjhar was finally rescued on Friday morning when a staffer found her, p... Read More


Odisha cops seize 9 tonnes of explosives, 4,000 detonators from Kandhamal forests

India, Aug. 19 -- The Odisha police on Monday said they have seized around 9 tonnes of explosives, including gelatin sticks, and 4,000 detonators from the forests of Kandhamal district, an area known ... Read More


Odisha to begin SIR from September, wrap it up by January 7: Election official

India, Aug. 18 -- Odisha will start working on the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls from next month, the first such exercise in the state after 2002, the state's chief electoral... Read More


Odisha to begin SIR next month, wrap it up by January 7: Election official

India, Aug. 18 -- Odisha will start working on the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls from next month, the first such exercise in the state after 2002, the state's chief electoral... Read More


Naveen Patnaik admitted to hospital, condition stable: Doctors

India, Aug. 17 -- Leader of Opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday after he complained of uneasiness. Doctors at the ho... Read More


Self-styled godman in Odisha arrested over rape allegations

India, Aug. 16 -- A self-proclaimed godman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman disciple at his ashram in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, police officials said. The godman ... Read More


Odisha man set ablaze dies in AIIMS Bhubaneswar; father, stepmother, stepbrother held

India, Aug. 16 -- The father, stepmother, and stepbrother were arrested hours after a 42-year-old man, who was allegedly set on fire, died in AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Saturday, police said. Jyoti Ranjan ... Read More


Odisha to give 5 kg addl rice free to 2.7 million poor families for next 3 months: Majhi

India, Aug. 15 -- Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday said more than 2.7 million poor families in 11 districts would receive 5 kg of additional rice for three months free of cost in add... Read More