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Nilagiri: Timber smugglers allegedly attacked Forest department personnel, vandalised a patrolling vehicle and forcibly took away a timber-laden vehicle during a night patrol in the Nilagiri forest range of Balasore district Saturday night. According to forest officials, the incident occurred around 10 pm after Nilagiri...

Berhampur: A 32-year-old man was arrested and sent to judicial custody Sunday for allegedly killing his wife by strangling her with a sari in Shantinagar under the Gosaninuagaon police station limits. The deceased was identified as Suchitra Prusty, a resident of Chanchadapadia near Shantinagar. Her...

Nuapada: Panic has spread in the Sunabeda area of Nuapada district after a video showing a leopard roaming on the Sunabeda–Datunama road went viral. The road passes through the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary under Komna block in Nuapada district and connects Odisha with neighbouring Chhattisgarh. According...

Sambalpur: With the West Bengal Police registering a zero FIR in connection with the murder of a Bengali migrant worker in Sambalpur, a three-member special team from the neighbouring state arrived here Sunday to conduct a probe. The victim, identified as Juel Rana alias Arif...

Daringbadi: A violent clash between two picnicker groups broke out at Duluri pine forest in Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district Sunday, prompting the police to resort to lathi charge. The incident occurred on the last Sunday of the year when nearly 3,000-4,000 people had gathered...

Deogarh: In an unusual incident, a five-year-old boy spent the entire night alone in a forested area amid bone-chilling cold, guarding his dead father and unconscious mother before seeking help from others Sunday morning. The incident took place in Odisha's Deogarh district and came to...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced that birth centenary celebrations of freedom fighter Parbati Giri will be held next month. He also paid tributes to Giri, who hailed from Odisha, for her dedication to the freedom struggle and social reform. Modi mentioned Giri's name...

Jharsuguda: As many as 4,040 candidates Sunday appeared for the written examination to fill 102 vacant Home Guard posts in Odisha's Jharsuguda district, officials said. Despite the minimum educational qualification for the advertised post being Class-V pass, many graduates and post-graduates also reportedly appeared for...

Nayagarh: A women-led initiative to protect bamboo forests has transformed a once-degraded woodland into a thriving ecosystem in Baijhari forest under Duda panchayat of Dasapalla block in Nayagarh district, while also creating sustainable livelihoods for tribal and Dalit women. The protection of the Shinka bamboo...

Joda: Forest department officials seized three dumpers loaded with illegally mined manganese near Tiring hill area close to the Baitarani reserved forest under the Joda section of Keonjhar district late Friday night. A motorcycle was also seized during the operation. Forest officials said the estimated...