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Bhawanipatna/Lanjigarh: A tusker was found dead in a forest near Kamarda village in Kalahandi district, with officials suspecting it may have died following a fight with another elephant. The carcass was discovered in Porangal forest under Narla range and is believed to have remained there...

Rasulpur: Police in Jajpur district have arrested a murder accused who had been absconding for the last 31 years by reportedly hiding inside a bunker constructed in his house. The accused, identified as Rabi Mallick, was arrested by Kuakhia police in connection with a murder...

Berhampur: Even as memories of the brutal assault on a couple on Giri Road remain fresh, a 32-year-old man was allegedly attacked with sharp weapons by two persons at Haridakhandi Square under Bada Bazaar police limits Sunday night, leaving commuters and locals shell-shocked. Reports said...

Berhampur: Two Class XII students of a private school drowned in a pond while bathing in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday, police said. The deceased were identified as Biswajit Panda (16) and Abhijit Marndi (17), of Berhampur town. According to the police, five friends, including the...

Jharsuguda: A newborn baby girl allegedly died after falling to the floor shortly after delivery at Palsada Primary Health Centre under Lakhanpur block in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district Sunday, with family members accusing hospital staff of “negligence”. According to sources, a pregnant woman from Machida village...

Kendrapara: A man was arrested Sunday for allegedly killing his 70-year-old mother in Odisha's Kendrapara district after his parents scolded him for his alcohol addiction, police said. According to the police, Bijay Sahoo returned home in Patuni village Saturday night in an inebriated condition and...

Berhampur: A major accident was averted in Odisha’s Gajapati district Sunday after a private bus carrying around 50 passengers lost one of its front wheels while in motion. The incident took place near the Mohana Port Division office when the private bus named ‘Harihara’ was...

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...