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Bhawanipatna: Two persons were killed when the car they were travelling in plunged into Indravati canal following a collision with a bike at Thelkomunda under Kalampur police limits in Kalahandi district Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Laldhar Rout, 82, and a minor boy from...

Balasore: Defence sources said India successfully tested its indigenously developed Vertically Launched Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VLSRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, off the Balasore coast Wednesday. The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy conducted the test launch of...

Berhampur: A local court in Odisha Wednesday sentenced a 48-year-old woman to life imprisonment for killing a mentally challenged woman two years ago. District and sessions judge Rupashree Choudhury awarded life imprisonment to Rubita Adhikari for killing Bishnupriya Sahu (38) in Ganjam district's K Nuagaon...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the face-off between the BJP and the Congress over the issue of women's safety, Odisha Congress chief Bhakta Charan Das Wednesday that the 'Mahabharat' of Odisha politics has just started. "In 'Mahabharat, ' a woman was the cause of the fight between the...

Rourkela: The decomposed body of a newborn girl with stray dogs roaming near it was found in Odisha's Sundargarh district Wednesday morning, police said. After witnessing the disturbing scene of dogs eating the body of the newborn, locals informed the Sundargarh town police, which reached...

Baripada: Researchers from Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in Odisha's Baripada have claimed to have discovered a new species of wild ginger from Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in the Mayurbhanj district, officials said. The discovery was made by Dr. Sudam Charan Sahu, assistant professor...

Rourkela: Unidentified miscreants hurled stones at a Vande Bharat Express en route to Rourkela from Puri in Odisha, damaging the window panes of a coach, officials said Wednesday. No passengers were injured in the incident, they said. The train was pelted with stones near Kalunga...

Bhubaneswar: Rape cases have increased and murder cases have gone down in Odisha in the year 2024 compared to the previous year, as per the White Paper published by the Home Department. According to the white paper the state has reported 3,054 rape cases and...

Bhubaneswar: The suspended Congress MLAs were forcibly taken into custody by police after a scuffle with security personnel at the main gate of the Odisha Assembly here Wednesday, a party leader alleged. Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena said the Congress leaders and activists were detained for...

Bhubaneswar: Justice Harish Tandon was Wednesday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati administered oath of office to Justice Tandon at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. Tandon was appointed as the Chief Justice of Orissa High...