A 28-year-old mentally challenged man died from his injuries on Wednesday after he was allegedly assaulted by a crowd for fatally attacking two persons with a sharp weapon in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, according to police. The violent encounter occurred early...
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has taken cognisance of a tragic food poisoning incident at a government-run residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, which resulted in the death of a 12-year-old tribal girl and the hospitalisation of over...
A teacher reportedly died on Monday in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, with his death allegedly linked to severe work pressure resulting from door-to-door census duties. The deceased has been identified as Rajkumar Hembram, a teacher at Baidyanath High School located in...
Four Census officials, including two women, were assaulted by members of a family in Odisha's Dhenkanal district while conducting house listing and housing census duties on Wednesday, according to an official. In a separate incident in the Khurda district, a...
Forest department officials have arrested a poacher and seized a country-made firearm from is possession within the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, an official said on Thursday. The poacher in custody has been identified as a local...
Following a tragic incident where one student died and over 100 others fell ill after consuming a meal at a tribal residential school, the Odisha government has initiated a high-level investigation. The opposition BJD has demanded a judicial inquiry, threatening...
A Class 5 student passed away on Tuesday, two days after consuming a meal at a government-run tribal residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. Officials reported that more than 100 of her schoolmates also fell ill after eating the food....
Five school students, including two girls, tragically drowned in two separate incidents across Odisha’s Koraput and Mayurbhanj districts on Saturday, police said. In the first tragedy, three Class 10 students drowned in the backwaters of the Kolab reservoir near their...
One person was killed while three others sustained serious injuries after the car, in which they were travelling, slammed into a roadside tree in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha on Monday morning, police said. The deceased person has been identified...
The latest three-day crocodile census was carried out at Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha from January 6 to January 8. The census was conducted on Wednesday, and the exercise reported a rise in the crocodile population. As...
