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Nandapur: The state government has reduced the fund allocation for the Shri Anna Abhiyan for 2026-27 by 31 per cent, triggering concern among farmers, entrepreneurs and intellectuals in Koraput district, prompting a complaint before the NHRC. The initiative was launched to revive traditional millets such...

Rourkela: The state government has approved the design for the proposed pedestrian bridge over the Brahmani River to connect the Vedavyas Shaivite shrine in Rourkela. Instead of the previously proposed glass suspension bridge, authorities have now decided to construct a modern RCC pedestrian bridge. The...

Nandapur: Police demolished an illegal country liquor brewing unit operating from the house of a former panchayat samiti member under Nandapur police limits in Koraput district and arrested the accused, officials said Sunday. The accused was identified as Ramesh Bisoi, 54, of Bhimariput village, a...

Digapahandi: A 42-year-old man died of suspected heatstroke while working on a farmland in Ganjam district Sunday, police said. The deceased, identified as Raghunath Gouda of Jharipadar village under Digapahandi block, had gone to work on a farmland near his village with his parents Sunday...

Kuanrmunda: A 31-year-old migrant labourer was killed and two others were injured after lightning struck a house at Jhunumur under Raiboga police limits in Sundargarh district late Saturday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Budhua Bage, a native of Pahantoli, Pitamba village under...

Patana: A 13-year-old girl studying in Class VIII was found hanging from a tree in a cashew grove at Giridhina village under Patana police limits in Keonjhar district Sunday morning. Police recovered the body and registered an unnatural death case. The deceased was identified as...

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: Gunupur Congress MLA Satyajeet Gomango has accused the Rayagada district administration of deliberately sidelining the elected representatives by issuing a last-minute notice to him for attending the District Planning Board meeting held recently. The official notification for the meeting was issued to him at...

Sambalpur: A notorious criminal was apprehended after being injured in an encounter with Burla Police near Fishery Chhak in Sambalpur district following a chase involving the cops and a group of cough syrup smugglers, officials said Sunday. During the operation, Manish Sahu, 30, a cough...

Jajpur: The police Sunday exhumed the body of a newly married woman from the backyard of her in-laws' house in Odisha's Jajpur district Sunday, following an accusation that she was murdered. The police said they arrested the husband of the 19-year-old deceased, Pramila Das, in...

Baripada: A 15-year-old girl fainted after a police officer in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district allegedly threatened her with a seven-year jail term if the harassment complaint she wanted to lodge turned out to be false, officials said Sunday. The Opposition BJD demanded action against the officer,...