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Bolangir: Adani Group, through its subsidiary Mahanadi Mines and Minerals Pvt. Ltd., has acquired 112.86 acres of land in Bolangir district reportedly for compensatory afforestation. The land spans three locations -- 18.39 acres in Bharuamunda mouza under Khaprakhol tehsil, 61.2 acres in Bhalujori mouza under...

Jagatsinghpur: Mystery surrounds the death of a man and his nephew, residents of Shirasta village under Tirtol police limits in this district. While some have alleged that the two breathed their last due to food poisoning, relatives of the deceased said that the liquor the...

Bhawanipatna: A local court in Kalahandi district sentenced six persons to life imprisonment after convicting them in 2019 gangrape of a woman in Ghana jungle near Banamalipur village under Junagarh police limits. Dharamgarh Additional District and Sessions Judge Suresh Chandra Pradhan passed the verdict after...

Bhubaneswar: In a world racing against time to save its dwindling green cover, Jamuna Tudu has emerged as a fierce advocate for India’s forests, dedicating her life to this cause. Born in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Tudu’s environmental journey began in Jharkhand's Potka village, where she...

Bolangir: A 20-year-old tribal woman was allegedly assaulted and human faeces were forced into her mouth in Odisha's Bolangir district, police said Wednesday. The incident happened in Jurabandha village in Bangamunda police station area November 16, they said. The accused, a non-tribal man, was operating...

Jajpur: Dharmasala MLA Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo alleged that miscreants attacked him in Odisha's Jajpur district Wednesday evening. Sahoo alleged that the attack took place near near Budha river bridge. No FIR has been filed in this regard, police said. However, the Jajpur SP Yashpratap Shrimal...

Nuapada: Two persons were arrested in Odisha's Nuapada district for allegedly killing a leopard and eating its meat, officials said Wednesday. The forest officials of Komna forest range Tuesday seized the severed leopard head, skin and meat and arrested two persons from the spot. Principal...

Bhubaneswar: A seven-member Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) is scheduled to reach Odisha November 24 for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage caused by Cyclone 'Dana', informed Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari, Wednesday. As per official sources, this visit aims to evaluate the ground...

Berhampur: Top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, currently in Odisha's Berhampur circle jail serving a life sentence, expressed his interest in pursuing MA in Public Administration through the Odisha State Open University (OSOU) this year, a prison official said Wednesday. Panda, who did his BA from...

Balasore: At least two people died and two others were injured when the motorcycle they were riding skidded off the road in Odisha's Balasore district Wednesday morning, police said. The injured were admitted to the district headquarters hospital, they added. According to police, four youths,...