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Bhubaneswar:  Two men from Bihar were arrested with six pistols in Bhubaneswar Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid at Bankual Baliyatra Ground in the Badagada police station area and made the arrests, they said. Those arrested...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said his government has appointed 37,916 people during its 18 months in office and is committed to fulfilling its promise of filling 65,000 government posts within the first two years. Majhi made the remarks while handing over...

Malkangiri: Two Odisha ministers Thursday visited violence-hit Malkangiri district and reviewed the situation, while the administration has extended the suspension of internet services by another 12 hours. Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo and MSME minister Gokulananda Mallick reached the district headquarters town of...

Malkangiri: Following directions of BJD President Naveen Patnaik, the party Thursday formed a seven-member fact-finding team to assess the current situation in Malkangiri district, where large-scale violence was reported after the body of a 51-year-old tribal woman was found. The team comprises Manas Madkami (to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has established a Special Court to speed up the trial of Maoist leader Dunna Kesava Rao, alias Azad (52), who has been in judicial custody since 2011, a Home department notification said Thursday. The notification said, "... in compliance of the...

Berhampur: A nine-year-old boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his maternal grandfather's house in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Thursday. The deceased was identified as Aditya Jena, son of Purushottam Jena of Kharia in Sheragada block. He had come to his grandfather's home...

Rourkela: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday has chargesheeted 11 accused in a case involving the loot of around 4,000 kg of explosives by armed cadres of the CPI (Maoist) terror organisation during transportation to a stone quarry in Odisha’s Rourkela district. According to a...

Dhenkanal: Dhenkanal Sadar tehsildar faced legal action Wednesday for allegedly defying a court order, resulting in officials sealing the official (government) vehicle used by him. Acting on the court’s order, officials arrived at Sadar tehsil office around noon and sealed the official ‘Bolero’ vehicle the...

Rayagada: A man was allegedly killed by his son in Rayagada district Tuesday night after refusing to give him money to buy a mobile phone, police said. The incident was reported from Laliba village under Kailaspur panchayat in Chandili police limits. The deceased has been...

DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: A 20-year-old newly married woman from Nauli village under Chamakhandi police limits has committed suicide Tuesday. Tulsi Sethi, wife of Mohan Sethi, hung herself from the ceiling fan of at her in-laws’ house with a scarf. Tulsi took the extreme...