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Marshaghai: The Marsaghai police have arrested two men for the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old intellectually disabled woman in Odisha’s Kendrapada district. The accused have been identified as Dhaneshwar Nath (27), alias Dhana, of Sanagaon village, and Subrat Behera (40) of Jadupur village. Following their...

Mahanga: Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond while attempting to pluck water lilies in Jhadeshwarpur village under Bhadreswar police limits in Kataka district’s Mahanga block Sunday. According to Bhadreswar police station Inspector-in-Charge Sandhyarani Singh, the incident occurred around 9 a.m. The victims...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday distributed appointment letters to 2,067 newly recruited Sevak and Sevika staff and tribal language teachers at the 18th Rozgar Mela held at the Krushi Shiksha Sadan Auditorium on the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) campus...

Malkangiri: A man and his wife were hacked to death and their minor son was critically injured by a neighbour when the family was sleeping at their home in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said Sunday. The incident took place at Malkangiri village (MV-36) under Orkel...

Brahmapur: A 51-year-old farmer allegedly ended his life in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday by drinking pesticides, with his family claiming that crop damage due to heavy rains brought by Cyclone Arnab forced him to take the extreme step. Agriculture and revenue officials visited his house...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Arnab rose to six Sunday with the recovery of two bodies from a landslide-hit village in the southern part of the state, while search was underway to trace 10 other missing people, officials said. Home to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday advised newly recruited school teachers to instil a sense of security and self-confidence among children, guiding them as a friend. Distributing appointment letters to 2,067 sevaks and sevikas and tribal language teachers under the Scheduled Tribes and...

Baripada: Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district opened Sunday for tourists after remaining closed for the monsoon season, according to a notice. The public notice, issued by the authorities of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), said a maximum of 60 four-wheelers will be allowed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's DG Prisons Susanta Kumar Nath was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a subordinate staff member and was shifted from the post pending an investigation, officials said Sunday. Along with the senior IPS officer, who is one of the aspirants for the DGP post...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: One body was recovered Sunday, while a search operation was underway to trace 11 missing people in a southern Odisha village hit by a landslide due to Cyclone Arnab-induced rainfall, taking the state's death toll to five, officials said. Home to around 26 people,...