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Hatadihi/Chhenapadi: An 8-year-old girl was killed while her 5-year-old cousin was critically injured when a portion of a mud wall collapsed and fell on the kids at Badarampas village under Hatadihi block in Keonjhar district, Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Snehalata Sahu,...

Koraput: Thousands of people from the tribal community held a demonstration in Odisha's Koraput district Tuesday, opposing the proposed bauxite mining project in Nageswari Reserve Forest. The agitators, who belonged to 13 gram sabhas in Nandapur block, held a protest march under the banner of...

Bhubaneswar: Rain and thunderstorms are likely in parts of Odisha over the next few days in a much-needed respite from the heatwave that swept the state, the IMD said Tuesday. Boudh in the western part of the state was the hottest place in the last...

Berhampur: At least three persons were killed and three others seriously injured in the clash between two groups over suspected witchcraft practice in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday, police said. The clash took place at Kharipalli village. The clash broke out due to the suspected witchcraft...

Bhubaneswar: The route of proposed metro train service in Bhubaneswar will be extended to make it a viable project, Odisha Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mohapatra said here Tuesday. The previous BJD government had planned to take up the phase-I metro project of...

Bhubaneswar: Amid protests by the opposition BJD and Congress over the law and order situation, the BJP government in Odisha Tuesday said it was recruiting more personnel in the police force and developing the required infrastructure, and after five years, criminals would not be found...

Berhampur: At least 30 people were injured when a pick-up van overturned in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday, police said. Local fire service teams rushed to the spot and rescued the injured persons, and admitted them to a community health centre in Digapahandi, they said. Out...

Bhubaneswar: Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police Tuesday began a fresh investigation into the killing of former minister Naba Kishore Das, a senior minister said in the Assembly. While replying to a debate in the Assembly, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said that a two-member team...

Bhubaneswar: Poachers killed two Royal Bengal Tigers and a dozen leopards in forest areas of Odisha in the past three years, a state minister said Tuesday. In response to a query of BJP legislator Chakramani Kanharin in the Assembly, the minister also said the skin...

Korba: Police have seized ganja valued at around Rs 1 crore from a container truck in Chhattisgarh's Korba district and arrested its driver allegedly involved in the inter-state smuggling of the contraband, an official said Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the truck was intercepted near...