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Bhabanipatana: A gharial weighing about 100 kilograms was rescued from a canal in Kalahandi district Monday, forest officials said. The reptile was spotted at Bhalubutura village under Kalampur block and was rescued by a forest department team led by South Kalahandi Divisional Forest Officer R...

Bhubaneswar: Panic gripped district court complexes in Baleshwar, Anugola and Sambalpur Monday after bomb threat emails were received, prompting immediate evacuation and extensive searches by police and bomb disposal squads. In Baleshwar, a bomb threat email, reportedly written in a South Indian language, was received...

Bhubaneswar: Tikhiri Gram Panchayat Sarpanch Chameli Ojha was admitted to Capital Hospital Monday after her health deteriorated during an indefinite hunger strike at Lower PMG, where she was demanding action against Mahakalapada Block Development Officer (BDO) Rabinarayan Acharya and Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) Manas Mallik. Ojha alleged...

Bhubaneswar: Following the detection of fresh Covid-19 cases and two related deaths in Andhra Pradesh, the Odisha government has stepped up surveillance, particularly in districts bordering the neighbouring state, a senior official said Monday. Public Health Director Rabindranath Mishra said tests are being conducted at...

Bhogarai: The bodies of nine fishermen were recovered from a capsized fishing trawler that went missing in rough seas off West Bengal coast, while six are still missing, officials said Monday. The trawler, MB Maa Kali, had left Shankarpur fishing harbour in West Bengal's East...

Nabarangpur: A 30-year-old man mauled to death by a bear while the former was grazing goats near Kusumi village under Jharigaon block in Nabarangpur district Monday, villagers and forest officials said. The victim, Phagunu Gouda, had gone out with two of his companions to tend...

Kendrapada: has recommended a series of engineering interventions to address recurring operational problems faced by the ceremonial chariot of Lord Baladevjew during the annual Rath Yatra in Odisha's Kendrapada district. The recommendations come after years of steering and manoeuvrability issues with the 65-foot-tall Brahma Taladhwaja, the...

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: Tikhiri gram panchayat Sarpanch Chameli Ojha of Mahakalapada block in Kendrapada district Monday launched an indefinite hunger strike at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar, demanding action against the block development officer (BDO) and inspector-in-charge (IIC). Ojha launched the strike against the alleged "injustice and atrocities"...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Monday launched simultaneous house searches at different properties linked to an Executive Engineer over allegations of accumulation of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to Vigilance officials, the accused official, Sanjay Kumar Kispatta, was a former Assistant Executive Engineer,...

Bhabanipatna: A pregnant woman gave birth to a baby girl on a tractor after an ambulance reportedly failed to reach her village due to the absence of a pucca road in a remote area of Odisha's Kalahandi district. The incident took place at Dabirighati village...