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Balangir: The district administration here Wednesday began the displacement process in Tabalbanji village affected by the Lower Suktel irrigation project, after overcoming resistance from the residents protesting the eviction. According to locals, police removed women who had been staging a sit-in for the second consecutive...

Kujang: Family members of a landowner have lodged a written complaint with Erasama tehsildar accusing JSW Steel of laying a pipeline through their land without prior notice or consent. According to the complaint, Late Naran Swain of Dhinkia mouza under Erasama tehsil in Jagatsinghpur district...

Kendrapada: A 19-year-old youth died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after he was allegedly lured to a party by his friends, assaulted, and left critically injured, police said Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Amarjeet Kar of Tarajanga village under Derabish police...

Sonpur: The BJD secured 10 of the 11 seats in Subarnapur District Planning Committee (DPC) elections, while the remaining seat went to the Congress after all candidates were elected unopposed. The elections were held to fill 11 vacancies, with only one nomination filed for each...

Anugola: A special POCSO court sentenced a temple priest to life imprisonment after convicting him of raping a minor inside a temple, officials said Wednesday. The Special POCSO Court in Anugola, presided over by Ad Hoc Additional District and Sessions Judge Biranchi Narayan Mishra, delivered...

Baripada: Forest Department will install more than 500 artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled surveillance cameras across sensitive areas of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) over the next three to four months to strengthen wildlife protection and anti-poaching efforts. STR Field Director and Regional Chief Conservator of Forests...

Udala: A portion of the ceiling collapsed in the maternity ward of Udala Sub-Divisional Hospital Wednesday morning, narrowly missing a woman who had given birth three days earlier and her newborn baby. The incident occurred at about 8:30 am on the first floor of the...

Brahmapur: A three-member high-level committee constituted by the State Health and Family Welfare Department has launched an inquiry into the alleged question paper leak during the All Odisha Postgraduate Medical Examination conducted by the Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS). The committee visited MKCG Medical...

Bhabanipatana: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified assailants Wednesday evening in Kalahandi district, police said. The deceased was identified as Fakira Rana, husband of Snigdha Rana, the sarpanch of Domkarlakhunta village under M. Rampur police station limits. According...

Bhuban: A Class VIII student died after falling ill at a government school here in Dhenkanal district Wednesday, with doctors saying the exact cause of death will be known only after the postmortem report. The student, identified as 12-year-old Mangaraj Sathua Mohapatra, was studying at...