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Malkangiri: Security forces have busted a Maoist dump and recovered a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on the fringes of Malkangiri district, officials said. CRPF personnel, along with District Reserve Guard and local police, were conducting a search operation on...

HATADIHI/BAULA/BANCHO: The Vigilance Department Tuesday conducted raids at six locations linked to a panchayat executive officer (PEO) in Keonjhar district in connection with allegations of possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The searches were carried out at the residence of Bancho...

Chhatrapur: A vehicle owner, Satya Narayan Behera of Agasti Nuagaon under Chhatrapur block, was left baffled after two challans were issued against his vehicle, which he claimed never went to the place mentioned in the challans. The issue came to the fore when Behera visited...

Koraput: Various Hindu organisations Tuesday held a rally in Koraput town, demanding the identification and eviction of alleged Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators from the district. The procession passed through key areas of the town before reaching the district collector’s office. Participants raised slogans and voiced...

Barbil: What was initially registered as an unnatural death case in Keonjhar district has now been confirmed as a murder, with police arresting two accused 56 days after the incident. As per police reports, truck driver Sanjay Yadav of Kendua village under Barkatha police station...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told 1,543 new recruits from 11 departments to uphold integrity and remain committed to making the system corruption-free while providing good service to the people of the state, as he handed them appointment letters at the 14th Nijukti Mela...

Bhubaneswar: Three Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment paid a total sum of Rs 6,39,97,589 as dividend to the state government, in the presence of the deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment, Energy Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh...

Bhubaneswar: Coming to the rescue of a woman who underwent Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) to become a male, the Orissa High Court has directed the state government to change the gender status of the petitioner in the land mutation certificate. The single bench of Justice...

Bhubaneswar: In separate incidents, Excise sleuths Tuesday arrested three persons, including a private news channel correspondent, and recovered around 43 kg ganja from their possession. In the first incident, Khurda Excise sleuths nabbed Pratap Kumar Digal, Kandhamal correspondent of a private news channel, and Dinesh...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to approve the construction of a bypass road around Rairakhol town in Sambalpur district to ease traffic congestion and improve road safety along National Highway 55, official sources said Tuesday....