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Keonjhar/Hatadihi: Anandapur police in Keonjhar district arrested two persons on charge of trafficking tribal minors to Tamil Nadu by luring them with promises of high-paying jobs, police said Thursday. The accused were identified as Akshaya Das (48) of Bhadrak district and Sritam Jena (24) of...

Bhadrak: A notorious criminal was injured in a gunfight with police in Bhadrak district, an officer said Thursday. The incident took place at Nuasahi area under the Bhadrak Rural police limits at about 3 am Thursday. The injured criminal was identified as Prafulla Mallik alias...

Jharsuguda: The CBI has arrested a security inspector working at Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Odisha's Jharsuguda district in a bribery case, an official said Thursday. The investigating agency registered the case Wednesday based on a complaint against the accused official. It was alleged that...

Rourkela:  Odisha Police has arrested six persons within hours of allegedly robbing a person at gunpoint in Sundargarh district, police said Thursday. The accused had allegedly looted Rs 1.10 lakh in cash from the victim's premises, a dispensary-cum-residence, under Dharuadihi police station limits Wednesday night....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Thursday announced free bus travel for NEET-UG candidates appearing for the re-examination. The Commerce and Transport Department has issued a notification in this regard. Candidates will be allowed to travel free of cost on OSRTC buses by showing their admit cards. The...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Odisha DGP Y B Khurania Thursday inspected the venue for the state government's second anniversary programme in Mayurbhanj, which will be attended by President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and asked the district police to remain vigilant on the inter-state border areas...

Bargarh:  A youth who had been missing for four days was rescued alive from an abandoned well at Samaleipada under Bijepur block in Odisha's Bargarh district Thursday. The survivor was identified as Tulsiram Bhue of Purena village in Padampur subdivision. He had been missing since...

Bolangir: The district unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by district president and National Council member Ashish Pandey, staged a protest Thursday, demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET paper leak controversy. AAP workers held a demonstration in front...

Kendrapara: The Excise Commissioner has suspended two excise officials in connection with the alleged third-degree torture of Binod Das, a resident of Baradia village under Rajnagar police limits in Kendrapara district. The suspended officials are Excise Sub-Inspector Chhayakanta Nayak and Assistant Sub-Inspector Pradeep Mallik. According...

Bhubaneswar: Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Odisha's Sambalpur and Khurda districts Thursday, police said. An auto-rickshaw driver, 35, and his five-year-old daughter were killed when the three-wheeler was hit by a speeding SUV in Dhanupali area, following which a cement mixer...