Speeding traveller rams into auto, shop in Bhubaneswar, 2 critically injured

Bhubaneswar: Two persons sustained injuries after a speeding traveller van rammed into an autorickshaw and then into a shop in Badagada’s Brit Colony area of Bhubaneswar on Friday morning.The accident took place in Brit Colony under the jurisdiction of Badagada police station.The injured persons has been identified as Guddu Pillai, a police official and a local resident…

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Youth Beaten to Death on Theft Suspicion in Ganjam

A youth was beaten to death in Sardul village under Bhanjanagar police limits after locals suspected him of theft.The deceased has been identified as Bandhar Pradhan of Kurumungia village in Kandhamal district.According to reports, villagers caught two men allegedly attempting theft late Friday night. One of them managed to escape, while the other was captured….

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Love over religion: Muslim woman becomes Hindu bride in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: A couple from different faiths solemnised their marriage in Bhubaneswar after being in a relationship for nearly a decade, with the ceremony conducted according to Vedic rituals, sources said.According to reports, Farin Bano, a Muslim woman, had been in a relationship for about 10 years with Badrinarayan Das of Jagatpur in Cuttack district. Despite belonging…

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Students return uniforms, boycott classes over teacher shortage in Odisha school

In a rare and symbolic protest, students of Kakharuni U.G. U.P. School under Pattamundai block in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Wednesday returned their school uniforms and boycotted classes, demanding the appointment of more teachers in their school. The agitating students neither entered their classrooms nor took their mid-day meal, expressing their dissatisfaction over the acute shortage of…

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Odisha: SCB suspended senior doc, nurses after ICU bed incident goes viral

Cuttack: A day after a video purportedly showing a female patient falling from her bed inside the intensive care unit (ICU) of SCB  MCH in odisha’scuttack went viral on social media, hospital authorities have suspended a senior faculty member and three nursing officers. The footage, which exposed serious lapses in patient care, had triggered massive outrage…

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Odisha LoP Naveen Patnaik writes to CM Mohan Majhi, flags ‘Systemic Collapse’ in paddy procurement

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik has written a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and flagged ‘Systemic Collapse’ in paddy procurement.Through the letter, the Leader of Opposition has raised serious concerns over the ongoing Kharif paddy procurement and alleging a complete breakdown of the system, in violation of the BJP’s 2024 electoral…

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