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Malkangiri: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Odisha's Malkangiri district after being served a spiked drink, police said Tuesday. The incident happened Monday when the girl went out with the youth, who was known to her, on his motorcycle, they said....

Nuapada: BJD president Naveen Patnaik's 'candidate chori' and 'betrayal' jibe targeting the ruling BJP during the election campaign in the Nuapada bypoll, snowballed into a major row on Tuesday with late MLA Rajendra Dholakia's wife Kalpana lashing out at the opposition party and accusing it...

Bhubaneswar: Asserting that Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district would soon emerge as the ‘gateway' to eastern India, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said the port town will have a greenfield airport, a cruise terminal and also become a hub of green hydrogen. Majhi said...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday urged the Ministry of External Affairs to take immediate steps for the safe release of a man from the state who has been taken hostage by a group involved in Sudan's ongoing civil war. The state government wrote to the...

Dubai: India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf were Tuesday found guilty of breaching the ICC code of conduct at the Asia Cup in the UAE and were slapped with sanctions for their actions. Rauf copped two financial penalties of 30 per...

Kendrapara: Authorities of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district Tuesday carried out an eviction drive, demolishing all illegal structures within the park area, an official said. Roadside eateries, shops and houses that had come up illegally on land close to the mangrove forest were...

Bhubaneswar: A hunt was underway for a woman in Bhubaneswar who employed three people to hurl bombs at her house and fire a few rounds to get an arms licence by showing a threat to her life, police said Tuesday. The three people involved in...

Ghatsila: Asserting that the BJP will win the by-election in Jharkhand's Ghatsila seat, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday claimed the results will reflect the people's desire for a change. Addressing a rally at Dampara for BJP candidate Babulal Soren, CM Majhi claimed that...

Jagatsinghpur: The family members of Adarsh Behera, who has been taken hostage by a group involved in Sudan's ongoing civil war, have appealed to the government to ensure his early release. Behera (36), who hails from Kotakana village under Tirtol police limits of Odisha's Jagatsinghpur...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Tuesday hit back at Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over his allegations of betrayal by the BJP-led state government, saying the people of Nuapada and women associated with Mission Shakti would give a befitting...