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Brahmapur: A court in Odisha's Ganjam district Monday sentenced a 58-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his wife over a family dispute two years ago, a government advocate said. Ganjam District and Sessions Court Judge Asant Kumar Das also imposed a fine of Rs...

Sambalpur/Kendujhar: Two persons, including a two-year-old boy, were killed in separate wall-collapse incidents as heavy rain lashed several parts of Odisha over the past 24 hours, with four places recording more than 100 mm of rainfall, officials said. The rain was triggered by a well-marked...

Baleshwar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha police arrested a bank officer for his alleged involvement in fraudulent sanction of gold loans and misappropriation of Rs 2.12 crore, officials said Monday. The accused, identified as Satyabrata Bhoi, the then branch manager of a public...

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday issued a red warning for Sundaragada and Kendujhar, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rain at one or two places. An orange warning has also been issued for Jharsuguda, Baragada, Sambalpur, Debagada,...

Thiruvananthapuram/Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister and Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor Monday expressed deep sorrow over the death of IPS officer Shefeen Ahamed K, who passed away at the age of 50 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Ahamed was serving as Inspector General of...

Kataka: Police have launched a search for a seven-year-old girl allegedly abducted from the railway station area under the Chauliaganj police limits in Kataka district Monday, with CCTV footage showing an elderly man accompanying the child. The girl’s whereabouts and safety remain unknown. Police are...

Puri: With clear instructions not to take the life of any animal or insect inside Puri's Jagannath Temple, authorities of the 12th century shrine, facing the menace of rats and cockroaches inside the sanctum sanctorum, have decided to use traditional pest control methods, including traps,...

Bhubaneswar/Kendujhar: Odisha Vigilance seized 300 grams of gold and Rs 7.29 lakh cash from the possession of a labour officer, who was nabbed while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000, officials said Monday. Acting on an allegation, vigilance sleuths nabbed Akash Bisoi, District Labour Officer...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Monday mourned the death of Shefeen Ahamed K, Inspector General of Police, CID, Crime Branch, while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. Shefeen, 50, was a 2003 batch IPS officer of the Odisha cadre. He was diagnosed with cancer in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal has asked former chief minister Naveen Patnaik to convince and not confuse MPs by writing letters on the estimated loss of Rs 12,000 crore per annum after implementation of the MMDR Amendment Act, 20206. Samal, who is also a...