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Brahmapur: An adult male leopard was found dead after allegedly getting trapped in a snare in Odisha's Ganjam district, forest officials said Tuesday. Villagers spotted the carcass hanging from a tree near Jarada village in Kabisurya Nagar block and informed the authorities. Senior officials, including...

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha experienced depression induced rains for three consecutive days, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari has asked officials to begin assessment of crop loss due to heavy downpour. Minister Pujari, during a review meeting Monday, said the affected farmers should be provided...

Bhubaneswar: The Gajapati Maharaja and chairman of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) Dibyasingha Deb has written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking their intervention to stop ISKCON from holding untimely 'Snan Yatra' and Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath across the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Crime Branch Tuesday questioned all 20 accused arrested in the high-profile Soumya death case at Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar as part of its ongoing investigation. A two-member Crime Branch team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Ratnaprabha Satpathy, interrogated the accused persons...

Baripada: Cancer cases are rising steadily in Mayurbhanj district, sparking concern among health officials, public representatives and residents, with doctors attributing much of the increase in case load to tobacco consumption, particularly among young people and students. According to district health data, 2,536 cancer patients underwent...

Bhubaneswar: Rampant encroachment, indiscriminate waste dumping and prolonged administrative neglect have pushed the Mahanadi river and its tributary, the Gobari, into severe ecological decline in Kendrapada district, environmental experts and activists alleged at a district-level consultation held here Monday. The consultation, titled “Mahanadi – Life...

Kendujhar: An archery academy project in Kendujhar district has run into a green controversy with villagers alleging that hundreds of trees were uprooted in violation of forest norms during site development. The academy is being constructed on about 5.5 acres of land at Ramchandrapur mouza...

Rayagada: A Test Identification (TI) parade of 24 accused was conducted Monday at the Bissam Cuttack sub-jail in connection with the mob violence case at Kalyansinghpur in Rayagada district. The parade was held before Judicial Magistrate First Class Pooja Jain, during which the survivor identified...

Champua: A notorious history-sheeter reportedly an inter-state criminal sustained critical injuries when police fired at him in retaliation during an encounter in a forest under Champua police limits in Kendujhar district early Monday. The accused, identified as Md Nafis, sustained a bullet injury to his...

Tihidi: A young man from Arjunabindha village under Pirahat police limits in Bhadrak district allegedly lost Rs 25,000 to a cyber fraudster who posed as a Crime Branch superintendent of police. The victim, Trilochan Jena, alleged that the caller falsely claimed he was a Crime...