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Bhubaneswar: With floodwaters continuing to affect several parts of Odisha, BJD president and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Naveen Patnaik Monday deputed three senior party leaders to visit Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts and take stock of the situation on the ground. As per...

Galle: Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha mounted a stirring second-session counter-attack for Sri Lanka by striking unbeaten half-centuries to lead a brilliant recovery in the second session on day three’s play of the first Test against India. By the time tea break arrived at the...

Baleshwar: A 65-year-old woman and her grandson died when a portion of a wall collapsed on them during heavy rain while they were asleep in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said Monday. The incident occurred in Kapasuda village in Jaleswar block Sunday night. The wall allegedly...

Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in north Odisha districts, which has affected five lakh people, remained grim Monday even as the IMD has forecast more rains after the low-pressure system formed in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, officials said. Keeping in view the...

Baripada: Train services on the Baripada-Bangiriposi route in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district were suspended after soil under the railway tracks was washed away due to a heavy rain-induced landslide, officials said Monday. The earth and concrete under around 50 metres of railway track were washed away...

Kendujhar: Landslides triggered by heavy rain from a low-pressure system disrupted traffic on National Highway 49 in Kendujhar district, with debris blocking sections of the road at Kanjipani Ghat under Kanjipani police station and Judia Ghat under Sadar police station Friday night. Mud and rocks...

Debagada: A pregnant woman gave birth to a baby boy inside a 108 ambulance after floodwater blocked access to Kaliapal village in Barkote block of Debagada district Sunday morning. Heavy rain lashed the Barkote area Saturday night, causing the Tankujura nullah near Kaliapal to swell....

Chandbali: A 75-year-old man was killed in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory operating near Paramanandapur Chhak in Mato area in this block of Bhadrak district late Friday night. The deceased was identified as Biswanath Pani of Kamaria area under Tihidi block. A fi...

Gopalpur: Golanthara police in Ganjam district have arrested four members of an interstate gang accused of robbing Rs 35 lakh from a man on the pretext of offering cheap land. The arrested men were identified as B. Trinath Rao of Kapu Sahi in Brahmapur, P....

Balangir: A ransom demand of Rs 50 lakh following the abduction of a Balangir-based businessman has brought to light an alleged Rs 2.70 crore financial dispute linked to what the accused described as a ‘Hanuman coin’ deal, police said Sunday. Businessman Narendra Sahu, alias Gunda,...