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Jajpur: The state government’s recent decision to allow three more industries to draw water from Baitarani river has not only left the farmers of Jajpur and Keonjhar districts in a state of uncertainty over possible crop failure, but also posed a threat to the very...

Rourkela: If things go as per plan, the work for the establishment of an eight million litre per day (MLD) capacity sewage treatment plant (STP) to mitigate pollution in Koel river at Koel Nagar here will begin in April this year – a move that...

Keonjhar: The spread of diarrhoea in villages under Sadar and Banshpal blocks of Keonjhar district has sparked fear among the residents with the disease claiming the lives of two persons and infecting more than 20 people by Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Gopal Dehury,...

Rourkela: Crime control in the smart city of Rourkela has received a shot in the arm as the police administration has added 22 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to its existing patrolling vehicle fleet. Informing the media about the development, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Western Range,...

Buguda: A man accused of poisoning his wife and daughter to death two years ago was arrested Wednesday. The accused, identified as Krushna Chandra Bishoi of Pochalundi village under Balipadar police outpost in Ganjam district, was absconding since the incident. According to reports, Krushna married...

Balasore: Days after arresting BJD leader Soumyashankar Chakra alias Raja Chakra in connection with a large-scale fund embezzlement case at Gandhamardan Loading Agency and Transport Cooperative Limited in Keonjhar district affiliated to Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch...

Bhubaneswar: Four persons were killed in three separate accidents in Odisha Wednesday, police said. A report from Begunia in Khurda district stated a couple died on the spot after their vehicle collided with a bus near Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Pichukuli on Khurda-Bolangir National Highway 57....

Bhograi: With the fate of the long-pending Jaleswar-Digha broad gauge rail route still hanging in balance, people living along the Odisha-West Bengal border appear sceptical about the proposed Jaleswar-Chandaneswar new rail route ever becoming a reality. According to reports, despite receiving approval 14 years ago...

Umerkote: Police arrested two minor boys on a charge of sedating a 12-year-old girl and gangraping her under Umerkote police limits in Nabarangpur district late Monday night. The accused minors were questioned in this connection after their arrest. The survivor and the accused minors were...

Boudh: The police in Boudh confiscated 22.67 gram brown sugar and arrested three persons in connection with the peddling of the narcotics during a raid at a hideout in Boudh district. Addressing a press conference at the district police headquarters Tuesday, Superintendent of Police (SP)...