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Kalyansinghpur: As many as 25 people, including women from three villages under Kalyansinghpur block in Rayagada district, left for Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh in search of work Sunday. The migration of the villagers outside the state has highlighted the continuing distress migration from the tribal-dominated...

Baliguda: Forest officials have arrested three more poachers in connection with the death of an elephant due to electrocution in the Munduti forest under the Belghar range of the Baliguda forest division in Kandhamal district. The accused have been identified as Kshama Patra, 76, Brushabha...

Koraput: Koraput Collector Manoj Satyaban Mahajan spent Saturday on field duty in the remote and hilly Kotia region, trekking nearly three kilometres and climbing steep terrain to inspect development works in interior villages. Mahajan walked to villages under the Kotia panchayat to review ongoing welfare...

Boinda: In a 30-year-old dowry harassment and murder case in the Athmallik NAC area of Angul district, a local court handed down life imprisonment to a man and his mother, sources said. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ranjan Kumar Sutar at Athmallik...

Bolangir/Tarbha/Sonepur: A newlywed bride was allegedly abducted at gunpoint while returning home with the groom after their wedding in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The groom, Haribandhu Putel, alias Rinku, of Kamakhi Nagar in Bolangir town, had married Chandini, alias Rashmi, of Rathapada...

Berhampur: At least two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in a forest along the Ganjam-Kandhamal border in Odisha Sunday, a police officer said. The encounter took place in Karada forest area within the jurisdiction of Raikia police station in Kandhamal district,...

Berhampur: Two persons were trampled to death by a wild tusker in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday, officials said. The victims were identified as Urmila Rout (53) and Gopinath Pradhan (67), residents of Jalameripalli village in Digapahandi block. The incident took place while they were working...

Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the next of kin of five police personnel killed in a road accident in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district. The compensation will be paid from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund...

Phulbani: An exchange of fire broke out between Maoists and security forces in Odisha’s Kandhamal district Sunday. Initial reports indicated casualties among the insurgents. However, officials have not yet officially confirmed the number of casualties. The gun battle took place in the Karada forest near...

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Crime Branch of Odisha Police has placed the alleged gang rape of a Class VII student at a private English-medium school in Kendrapara district under its “red flag” category, a source said Sunday. While the investigating officer will remain the same, the Crime Against...