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Kandhamal Christmas

Police hold flag march ahead of Christmas in Kandhamal

Khajuripada/Baliguda(Kandhamal): Ahead of Christmas celebrations, police conducted flag marches in various parts of Kandhamal district to ensure peace and maintain law and order. Acting on the instructions of the SP, police personnel across all police station areas in the district have been placed on high...

Elephant

Odisha: Jumbo dies in suspected blast; probe launched

Baripada: A female elephant that was undergoing treatment after allegedly consuming explosive-laced food, succumbed to its injuries Saturday, raising serious questions about wildlife security and the Forest Department’s response. Animal activists alleged that the forest department attempted to suppress information about the death. Wildlife activists...

Accident

17 hurt, 3 critical as picnic bus crashes into tractor in Odisha

Dunguripali: At least 20 passengers were injured including three of them critical after a picnic bus carrying schoolchildren, teachers and parents for picnic rammed into a stationary paddy laden tractor from rear near Salepali on the Dunguripali–Rampur road in Subarnapur district Tuesday morning, police said....

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Protests in Odisha over attacks on minorities in Bangladesh

Bhadrak: Right-wing groups Tuesday held demonstrations in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur and Bhadrak districts over the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. While the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) led the demonstration in Jagatsinghpur, local outfit Hindu Samaj held a rally in Bhadrak. VHP's Jagastsinghpur district president Prafulla Sahu...

Krushna Chandra Mohapatra

Odisha to build modern bus terminal in Baripada

Baripada: A modern bus terminal will be built at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district, and it will have airport-like facilities, Odisha's Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Tuesday. Chairing a meeting on the project, Mahapatra said the new bus terminal will be a landmark public...

Undertrial prisoner

Odisha: Youth sentenced to life imprisonment for killing man

Berhampur: A court in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for killing a 55-year-old man two years ago, a government counsel said. Ganjam District and Sessions Judge Asanta Kumar Das pronounced the judgment on 29-year-old Biju Behera for killing Juria Bisoi,...

Farmers Protest

Farmers stage protest over delay in opening of mandis

Jharigaon: Farmers staged a blockade in three blocks of Nabarangpur district Monday to protest delays in opening of mandis, distress sale of paddy and maize, and a sharp cut in maize prices to Rs 600 per quintal. The agitation led by the Chashi Mahasangh affected...

 

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