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Bhubaneswar: A truck "hit and dragged" an auto-rickshaw for nearly 60 metres near Pandara Square in Bhubaneswar Sunday, critically injuring the passenger and leaving a biker hurt after the driver allegedly "tried to flee the scene", sources said. The accident took place near Pandara Square...

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their IPL match in Mumbai Sunday. The Royals (14 points) need to win this match -- last league game for both the teams -- to progress to the...

Bhubaneswar: A man sustained critical burn injuries after coming into contact with overhead electric wires while trying to take a selfie standing on top of a goods train at Mancheswar railway station in Bhubaneswar Sunday, a statement said. The man climbed onto a wagon at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has carried out a major reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Police Service (OPS) cadres, transferring and reassigning 18 senior police officers to different posts across the state. According to a notification issued by the Home Department Khordha SP...

Sundargarh: A suspected case of food poisoning claimed four lives and left over 20 others ill after they attended a post-funeral ritual feast at Nuadihi village under Hemgiri block in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, reports stated Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mangal Sai Nayak of...

Bhubaneswar: As the world observed World Turtle Day Saturday, concern deepened over the absence of mass nesting by Olive Ridley sea turtles at Odisha’s famed Gahirmatha rookery in Kendrapara district, regarded as the world’s largest nesting ground for the endangered marine species. The annual spectacle...

Pottangi: The long-running Kotia border dispute between Odisha and Andhra has intensified after Andhra Pradesh Police established a checkpoint and temporary camp in Uparasembi village, leaving police personnel from both states stationed within the disputed panchayat. According to local sources, police from Andhra Pradesh's Parvathipuram...

Bargarh: Nearly two weeks after the commencement of rabi paddy procurement in Bargarh district, issues in the process remain unresolved, with the token system emerging as a major concern. Alleging large-scale irregularities in the mandatory token system for paddy sales, Jay Kisan Andolan, a constituent...

Jharsuguda: Jharsuguda cyber police have busted an interstate cyber fraud syndicate allegedly involved in cheating people through malicious APK files and fake traffic e-challan links, leading to the arrest of two suspects in West Bengal. Superintendent of Police Gundala Reddy Raghavendra said Saturday that the...

Jharsuguda: A special POCSO court in Jharsuguda Saturday sentenced a man to rigorous life imprisonment after convicting him of repeatedly raping his 16-year-old stepdaughter. Additional District and Sessions Judge and Special POC SO Court judge Pooja Sadangi, found Ranjit Kumar Mishra of Orampada in Purunabasti...