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Balasore: A woman from Balasore district is all set to reunite with her teenage son after a decade, following the successful rescue of the child from Delhi and the arrest of his father, who had allegedly abducted him and gone into hiding. At a press...

Rourkela: A 22-year-old man allegedly hacked his father to death in Odisha's Sundergarh district Monday to take revenge for his mother's murder, police said. The body of Kranti Kumar Barma, 55, was found in a field in Bhalupatra village in the Brahmani Tarang police station...

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Ahuja Monday witnessed the mass hatching of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles at the river Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam district, even though the phenomenon was affected due to the thunderstorm in the area Sunday evening. Ahuja's visit came a...

Bhawanipatna: Tribals in Kalahandi district continue to be exploited by middlemen who buy mahua flowers at significantly lower prices than the government-approved minimum support price (MSP), a report said. Despite the official MSP of Rs 25 per kg, desperate members of various tribal communities often...

Nandapur: A day after a report in this newspaper highlighted alarming death of honeybees due to the outbreak of Thai Sacbrood Virus (TSBV) in Koraput district, the district administration has launched a swift response to tackle the spread of the virus. The report titled “Honeybees...

Sambalpur: A man with criminal antecedents was injured in an encounter with police in Sambalpur district Sunday, an officer said. Sambalpur SP MK Bhamoo said that based on credible information, the police had gone to arrest Sitaram Sarangi. However, the criminal opened fire at the...

Khallikote: As many as 25 persons sustained grievous injuries after a private bus they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck head-on near a petrol pump on National Highway-16 under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district late Saturday night. The mishap occurred when the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has made tight security arrangements across the state for the peaceful conduct of Hanuman Jayanti, Maha Bishuba Sankranti, the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar and Odia New Year, which have fallen on the same day this year Monday. Though security has been...

Jajpur: A group of people, allegedly the supporters of an Independent MLA, Sunday attacked Opposition BJD leader and former legislator Pranab Kumar Balabantray and vandalised his car in Odisha's Jajpur district. The incident took place at Aruha village under Jenapur police limits when the BJD...