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Balasore: Sahadevkhunta police Tuesday arrested a woman drug peddler and seized 103 grammes of brown sugar during a raid at Arad Bazaar Masjid Lane in Balasore town. The accused has been identifi ed as Suramatun Bibi (28), a resident of the Masjid Lane area. Police...

Bhuban: A 65-year-old farmer sustained grievous injuries after a wild boar attacked him on his farmland in Ektaali village under Bhuban police limits in Dhenkanal district Tuesday, officials said. The injured farmer was identified as Arun Mantri. Mantri had gone to his groundnut field in...

Berhampur: Ganjam excise and intelligence department jointly nabbed two drug peddlers from Berhampur railway station Tuesday. The accused were identified as Naresh Dalai and Rakesh Swain of Kabisuryanagar block. They were allegedly carrying about 156 grams of brown sugar from Bhadrak by a train, said...

Digapahandi: A crocodile census began Tuesday at Ghodahada Dam under the Berhampur Forest Division of the state Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department. The dam is witnessing a rise in crocodile population since 2022. The three-day exercise is being conducted in the dam near Khamari...

Bolangir: Vigilance sleuths Tuesday arrested a forester in Bolangir district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a local farmer. The accused, Ashok Kumar Nayak, posted as a forester in the Gulumi section under Muribahal range, was caught red-handed demanding and accepting the...

Rayagada: A specially-abled girl was allegedly gangraped in Odisha's Rayagada district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place Monday afternoon when the minor was returning home after collecting firewood from a nearby jungle, they said. Based on her mother's complaint, police launched a probe and...

Bargarh: A POCSO court in Odisha's Bargarh district Tuesday sentenced a youth to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl around 14 months ago. The court convicted the accused, Prashanta Bag alias Bariha (20), under two sections of the Protection of Children...

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: Paddy procurement in several Odisha districts has been hit after the All Odisha Rice Millers’ Association (AORMA) curtailed lifting operations from mandis from Monday, citing the state government’s "failure" to fulfil assurances given more than a month ago. The decision follows a January 1...

Bhawanipatna: The Udanti River, which flows through parts of western Odisha, may face a severe reduction in water flow following the construction of a proposed barrage upstream by neighbouring Chhattisgarh. This has raised concern among farmers, environmentalists and water resources experts in the region. Sources...

Purushottampur: Uncertainty continues to surround an alleged land fraud case at the Purushottampur sub-registrar office in Ganjam district, as a written complaint reportedly submitted to the local police by the sub-registrar is yet to be traced, nearly two weeks after it was sent. The alleged...