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Another Maoist attack in Malkangiri. Maoists allegedly axed a road contractor named Sukumar Mondal to death at Golia area under Mathili police limits of Malkangiri district today. The Maoists also set a car and road construction machines on fire.

The 2021 Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) mains will be conducted in four sessions in February, March, April and May next year. This was informed by Union Education Minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in a tweet on Wednesday.

COVID warriors & elderly people to get free vaccination. The Odisha government on Thursday announced that Corona Warriors including doctors and other frontline health workers will get free COVID-19 vaccination in the State. The State Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das said that the vaccination is likely to begin in January 2021.  

Preparations to reopen Lord Jagannath’s Srimandir in Puri from December 23 have begun. The Srimandir has remained closed for devotees for the last nine months due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic.

This incident occurred when the youth came in contact with the live wire over a stationary train while clicking a selfie on his cellphone. Soon the tarpaulin covered over the train also caught fire and it also spread to the bogie.  

Panic gripped the residents at Lunapahi village in Balasore district after some heavy object, believed to be a part of a missile fell in a nearby farmland close to human settlement. The object landed with a deafening noise, waking the villagers on Wednesday night. It is suspected that these objects could be pieces of a missile test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.    

Police busted a fake currency racket in Baripada under Mayurbhanj district. Two people have been arrested in this case.  

The ‘very corrupt and high-flying’ IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak may get compulsory retirement from his service. This was recommended by Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik in a letter to the Centre. It is for the first time that an All India Services Officer has been recommended by the Odisha Government for compulsory retirement on grounds of corruption, the CM mentioned in his letter.  

More than 25 passengers were injured as a bus overturned near Phulbani in Kandhamal district. The incident took place when the bus was crossing Gadiapada around 12 AM. The private bus was en route to Bhubaneswar from Tikabali of the district when the driver of the vehicle lost control while negotiating a sharp turn.

In a time when incidents of child kidnapping, theft and murder are surfacing at an alarming rate in Odisha, a 5-year-old boy, who was reportedly sold, has been rescued by the police in Midnapore district of West Bengal. The Rourkela Plant Site Police has arrested four accused in the case.

Arrested IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak today moved the Bhubaneswar Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court seeking bail. Abhay applied for bail in connection with the fraud allegations levelled against him by Sky King travel agency.

During the COVID19 lockdowns, when the school remained closed, the staff utilised the time in a truly innovative way. And this beautiful garden is the result of their efforts and initiative. These teachers and staff have inspired many by creating a positive environment inside the school premises.

One person was critically injured and property worth over Rs 5 lakh was destroyed in a fire at a fruit market in Bolangir on Thursday night. The critically injured person has been admitted to hospital for treatment.

Anubhav Mohanty and Varsha Priyadarshini are once again in news for all the wrong reasons. The ongoing martital discord between the actor-turned-MP and his celebrity wife is getting uglier. The trouble-torn couple is in headlines after Varsha filed a fresh complaint with the police alleging that attempts are being made to defame her.