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Bhubaneswar: The Water Resources department in Odisha will use drones to monitor irrigation projects in order to improve transparency and accountability in their implementation and keep a close watch on construction progress and quality. The department has directed officials to conduct regular drone surveys of...

Udala: A man has been arrested and a juvenile detained for allegedly raping a disabled minor girl after forcibly taking her from her home in Mayurbhanj district, police said. The incident took place on the evening of October 11 in the Udala police station area....

Baleshwar: Tension ran high as the Baleshwar district administration launched a demolition drive against illegal brick kilns operating in the eco-sensitive zone of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary in Nilagiri subdivision. Workers employed at the kilns Tuesday staged a road blockade on the Panchalingeswar-Dasharathipur road, demanding clarity...

Kendujhar: A court in Odisha's Kendujhar district Tuesday sent a man to life imprisonment for raping his four-year-old daughter last year. Police said the 29-year-old man raped his daughter in February 2025 when nobody else was at home. The girl's mother lodged a police complaint...

Brahmapur: A baby boy with two heads was born at MKCG Medical College and Hospital Sunday to a woman from Kandhamal district, evoking the memories of conjoined twins Jaga and Balia, born there in 2015. The newborn has two heads and spinal columns, but a...

Bhubaneswar: Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary has strengthened wildlife protection and monitoring with an expanded AI-integrated surveillance network, combining an e-Eye tower with 18 smart camera traps to track wildlife movements, human activity and potential threats in real time. The initiative began in December 2025 with five...

Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for 46 industrial projects involving a combined investment of Rs 39,383 crore at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district October 14. The projects are expected to generate employment opportunities for 42,512 people. The mega...

Mayurbhanj: Odisha police arrested a government residential school headmaster in Mayurbhanj district for alleged sexual harassment of a class-6 girl student of the institution, an officer said Tuesday. The alleged incident took place in a SC & ST Development Department-run Ashram School in Raruan police...

Brahmapur: A 42-year-old man died of electrocution after he came in contact with a live wire, suspected to have been laid for poaching wild animals in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday, officials said. The incident occurred at Pratapagiri village under Patapur police station limits in the...

Bhubaneswar/Balangir: Odisha Vigilance Tuesday apprehended a revenue inspector (RI) while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 from an applicant, officials said. Acting on a complaint, vigilance sleuths nabbed Alan Behera, RI of Saintala revenue circle in Balangir district, while receiving the bribe from...