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Anugola: Police secured a major conviction in the 2024 Anugola gangrape case, with a Fast Track Special Court in Anugola sentencing all four accused to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for the sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman and a minor girl. The Additional...

Balangir: Excise officials in Balangir district seized 700 kg cannabis concealed in a maize-laden truck Friday and arrested two men allegedly involved in transporting the contraband from Kandhamal district to Bihar. The truck was intercepted near Sinkhaman forest under Balangir Sadar police limits following a...

Puri: Lord Jagannath and His Siblings, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, returned to the Lions' Gate of Jagannath Temple from the Shree Gundicha Temple aboard their respective chariots during the Bahuda Yatra Friday. The Taladhwaja chariot of Lord Balabhadra was the first to reach the...

Puri: A devotee died allegedly due to suffocation while pulling the 'Darpadalan' chariot of Goddess Subhadra during the Bahuda Yatra, the return car festival Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Abhiram Das (57) from Kataka. He suddenly fell down while pulling the chariot...

Baripada: Odisha forest department personnel Friday arrested four alleged poachers who had illegally entered Similipal Tiger Reserve to hunt wild animals, officials said. They were detected through an AI-enabled camera, following which an enforcement team, including personnel of the Similipal Tiger Protection Force, tracked and...

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: Odisha Vigilance Department Friday arrested a revenue inspector (RI) while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,500 from an applicant, officials said. The accused has been identified as Darshini Lenka, RI of Kaupada circle in Kendrapada district, vigilance officials said. Lenka allegedly...

Brahmapur: A 36-year-old man wanted by the police in multiple criminal cases suffered bullet injuries during an encounter with the force in Odisha's Ganjam district early Friday, an officer said. The incident took place near a forest area under Kodala police station limits, when a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Friday questioned the effectiveness of the proposed legislation to curb question paper leaks, saying that merely enacting a law would not be sufficient unless it is implemented firmly and effectively. BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty, a former president of the Utkal University...

Puri: East Coast Railway (ECoR) Friday deployed an AI-powered robotic platform to boost security at Odisha's Puri railway station, as lakhs of visitors are expected to throng the seaside resort for the return car festival, an official said. The Puri railway station is witnessing heavy...

Bhubaneswar: A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal this weekend, bringing widespread rainfall across Odisha during the Bahuda Yatra and Suna Besha festivities, the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. According to the weather office,...