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Bhandaripokhari: Bhadrak district police Monday arrested four persons, including the main accused, for running an illegal SIM card racket that supplied unauthorised connections to interstate cybercriminals. The arrested accused were identified as the prime accused Dilip Sahu, 30, of Kulana village; Ramesh Chandra Parida alias...

Rourkela: Odisha Police Monday said they busted an organised cybercrime syndicate and arrested seven members of the gang allegedly involved in large-scale money laundering and fraud using mule bank accounts. Acting on intelligence inputs, an operation was launched, leading to the arrest of the seven...

Berhampur: Two class 10 students and an employee of a government-aided school in Odisha's Ganjam district sustained injuries when a group of outsiders allegedly attacked them on the premises of the institute during the recess Monday, police said. Teachers of the Maa Narayani High School...

Baripada: A special POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl. POCSO court judge Santosh Kumar Nayak held 20-year-old Bulu Mukhi guilty of raping the minor at a village within Suliapada police station...

Rourkela: Odisha Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena Monday visited the site where a small aircraft made an emergency crash landing and also met the injured passengers and pilots in Rourkela hospital. At least six people, including two pilots, were injured when a nine-seater...

Berhampur: Sale of different items, including foods made by inmates of Berhampur circle jail has doubled in 2025, a prison official said. The jail inmates are producing textile items including bed-sheets, towels, shirting, prison kurta, scarf, etc, water drum, rice tray, bucket, mug, dal cane,...

Hatadihi/Baula: Tension flared in Inchol village under Hatadihi block in Keonjhar district after workers of the ruling BJP and the opposition BJD clashed Sunday over a road construction project. The violence erupted over the ongoing construction of a road from Bhutapada Chhak to Parmanandapur village....

Cuttack/Baripada: Toll collection at the Jharpokharia Toll Plaza on National Highway-49 in Mayurbhanj district was challenged through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition at the Orissa High Court citing the dangerous and unsafe condition of an adjoining stretch of the highway. The petition was filed...

Hatadihi: Hatadihi Block Chairperson Savitri Sethi has been accused of verbally abusing the Block Development Officer (BDO). Sources said tension gripped the Hatadihi block office in Keonjhar district two days ago following allegations that a junior engineer had attempted to attack Anandapur BJD MLA Abhimanyu...

By NARENDRA RAUT, OP Koraput: Following the recent crash of an India One aircraft in Rourkela, concerns over air travel safety have increased across Odisha. Advocate Ajit Patra Friday called for the government to introduce double-engine aircraft operations at Jeypore Airport to enhance safety and...