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Jharsuguda: A family in Odisha's Jharsuguda district was forced to transport the body of a deceased woman on a motorcycle due to "unavailability" of hearse services at the Mundrajora Community Health Centre (CHC) in Laikera block. According to reports, after the death of Jamuna Chhatria, the...

Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly circulating an AI-generated morphed video containing “obscene and defamatory” content targeting Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on social media, police said. Biswajit Sahu, a resident of Jagatpur in Cuttack district, was arrested in connection with...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Monsoon activity intensified across India Sunday, with heavy rain disrupting flight operations in Mumbai, triggering weather alerts in Kerala, Odisha and Jharkhand, and bringing widespread downpour to Delhi. Mumbai took the hardest hit as heavy overnight rain lashed the city, forcing the suspension...

Bhubaneswar: A day after a woman police official was found hanging at her official residence, the Odisha Police Officers' Association Sunday demanded a high-level inquiry into her death. The body of Beauty Mohanty, the inspector-in-charge of Chauliaganj police station in Cuttack, was found in her...

Bhubaneswar: Sambit Patra, Member of Parliament from the Puri constituency, Sunday said his WhatsApp account had been hacked and warned people not to trust any messages or requests for money sent from his number. In a post on X, the Bharatiya Janata Party's national spokesperson...

Bhubaneswar: A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression Sunday, prompting authorities to place all districts in Odisha on high alert as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next few days. Heavy rain...

Bhubaneswar: A woman sarpanch was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance Sunday for allegedly accepting Rs 20,000 bribe from a self-help group (SHG) in Subarnapur district. The accused, Suryakanti Pandey, sarpanch of Nimna Gram Panchayat under Ullunda block in Subarnapur district, was allegedly caught while accepting Rs...

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for three districts in Odisha as a well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast intensified Sunday, bringing widespread rainfall across the state....

Bantala: Forest officials arrested four persons, including two anti-poaching squad members, for allegedly hunting a deer and organising a feast inside an anti-poaching camp in the Tikarpada forest range of the Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary in Anugola district. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by...

Bhubaneswar: Bharatpur police Saturday arrested a 39-year-old woman for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 1.75 lakh on the pretext of facilitating the purchase of Bhoodan land and later threatening him when he demanded are fund, officials said. The accused, identified as Rina Pradhan (39),...