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Kalahandi: An 11-year-old girl died after the 108 ambulance transporting her to a hospital reportedly developed a mechanical problem, delaying her treatment in Odisha’s Kalahandi district Thursday. The girl was being shifted from Narla Community Health Centre to Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College & Hospital, Bhawanipatna, when the ambulance...

Sambalpur: Four sluice gates of Hirakud Dam were opened Thursday to release season's first floodwater. At present, around 64,000 cusecs of floodwater is being discharged through the four sluice gates. Including releases through the power channel and the irrigation canal, the total discharge into the...

Kendrapada: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Jajpur District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police to submit an action-taken report (ATR) within four weeks on the payment of monetary compensation to a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assault ed by her school...

Baleshwar: A Bangladeshi national who served a 14-year prison sentence in Odisha after being convicted in multiple criminal cases was deported to Bangladesh Wednesday following the completion of all legal formalities, police said. Baleshwar Superintendent of Police Pratyush Dibakar said Mohammad Babu Khan, a resident...

Bhabanipatana: The district administration has launched an inquiry into allegations of misconduct against the headmaster of Government SSD School at Madanpur in Kalahandi district. A school matron and two women cook-cum-atten dants of the school accused the headmaster, Shantanu Kumar Meher, of making casteist remarks...

Basta: A woman was found dead at Dhuliuda village under this police limits in Baleshwar district after allegedly being subjected to repeated occult rituals, with her family members accusing her in-laws of murdering her. The deceased, Pooja Das of Nimpada village under Baliapal police limits,...

Raurkela: Plantsite police arrested a drug peddler and seized 18 grams of heroin during a raid here Wednesday. The accused was identified as Mohd Aftab, 31, a resident of Gopabandhupali in Ward No. 4 of the city. Apart from the contraband, the police also seized...

Paralakhemundi: An Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) in Gajapati district has alleged that she was socially boycotted, penalised and threatened by members of her community for visiting a family of another faith while performing official duties. Sunandini Misal of Jirang village in Rayagada block alleged...

Baripada: A video purportedly showing police personnel engaged in maintenance work at the official residence of a reserve inspector in Mayurbhanj district has gone viral on social media, triggering criticism and raising questions over the alleged use of jawans for personal work. In the video,...

Thuamul Rampur: Allegations of poor-quality construction and misuse of public funds have surfaced after protection wall of a newly constructed bridge collapsed following light rainfall in Dolguda under Odri gram panchayat in Thuamul Rampur block of Odisha's Kalahandi district. The protection wall built barely five...