BHUBANESWAR: A 39-year-old private tuition teacher was arrested in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Sunday for allegedly murdering a 14-year-old Class VIII student after she rejected his advances, police said. The accused, identified as Trilochan Mahakud, was held following an investigation into the girl’s disappearance. Her body was recovered on Saturday from inside a sack in…
Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education department on Sunday notified the beginning of the admission process for two-year BEd, MEd and BHEd courses for the academic session 2026-27. The admission process will be conducted through an entrance examination.The department stated that candidates can submit their applications online through the SAMS portal by filling out the common application…
Bhubaneswar: In the aftermath of the fire at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, the social security and empowerment of persons with disabilities (SSEPD) department has directed officials to ensure strict fire safety measures in buildings catering to persons with disabilities.In a recent directive, additional secretary Sonia Behera asked district social security officers (DSSO)s,…
Affordable housing flats for slum dwellers near Budhha Park in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: The state govt is executing five major affordable housing projects across Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Rourkela in public-privatepartnership (PPP) mode, housing and urban development minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra stated in a written reply in the state assembly during the ongoing session.The projects are being…
Berhampur: A video of a suspected leopard sighting a top of the nearby hill, went viral in the social media, causing panic among the villagers of Lanka and Sunakhala in Ganjam district’s Patrapur block.A group of children sighted the animal sitting on the hilltop, while they were playing on Saturday afternoon and made a video…
Workers returning from Surat at Berhampore station Berhampur: Hundreds of migrant workers employed in Surat have started returning to their native places in Ganjam district amid the ongoing LPG crisis in the textile city.Generally, migrant workers return home before Vishuba Sankranti on April 14 to participate in local rituals. But due to the non-availability of…
Jharsuguda: Police arrested a 40-year-old man within 24 hours of him allegedly firing on a pregnant woman at Talipada in Sarbahal area on March 20 due to personal enmity, police said.Police identified the accused as Lokesh Kumar Padhan, a resident of Kilasama village under Sasan police limits in Sambalpur district.Police officers said the accused allegedly…
Animesh Kujur’s last major event was the World Championships in Tokyo last year Kolkata: Animesh Kujur will lead a strong 33-member Odisha squad at the first national indoor athletics championships to be held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from March 24-25.Kujur did compete at Khelo India University Games and Odisha State Athletics in Dec last…
Bhubaneswar: A day after the arrest of the prime suspect in the alleged rape and murder of a Plus II student in Dhenkanal district, police on Sunday arrested three of his associates in connection with the case.All four — prime accused Jaga alias Gangadhar Patra (38), and his aides Chandan Kumar Naik (26), Rasananda Naik…
Dr Siddharth Pattanayak who usually travelled from Bhubaneswar to Delhi to Munich Bhubaneswar: A journey that would have taken a day despite two different time zones lasted nearly 20 days with the traveller, Dr Siddharth Pattanayak, stranded in West Asia due to the war. And, instead of Rs 70,000, he had to shell out Rs…
