Rourkela: A 25-year-old man was arrested by Lahunipada police in Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district on Tuesday for allegedly beating his father to death with a wooden plank. The arrested man has been identified as Kishore Munda. The incident was preceded by a quarrel with his father Rama Munda (55) at their house at Barsuan…

The order was uploaded on Feb 25 Cuttack: Calling encroachment on public land a “significant and growing menace” in the state, the Orissa high court has flagged systemic lapses in curbing illegal occupation, noting that despite consistent judicial directions, authorities often fail to act in “letter and spirit.”The court pointed to “lapses on the part…

Bhubaneswar: A senior faculty member of an autonomous college in Balasore was suspended on Tuesday following complaints of harassment lodged against him by a student recently.She sent the complaint to the regional director of education, who directed the college’s internal complaints committee (ICC) to investigate and submit a report. As a precautionary measure, the college…

Bhubaneswar: The state govt, to care for people fighting rare blood disorders, has introduced two advanced and essential medicines for patients with haemophilia and Von Willebrand disease (VWD) for the first time in the state.The medicines include extended half-life Factor VIII injection and Von Willebrand Factor with Factor VIII injection, health minister Mukesh Mahaling said…