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Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society in subarnapur district

Maradugochha PACS secretary suspended

Sonepur: The secretary of Maradugochha Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) in Tarbha block of Subarnapur district, Naveen Dash, has been suspended, officials said Thursday. The action was taken by PACS management committee president Santosh Dang. Meanwhile, Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Society (DRCS) Sanjay Kumar Tripathy...

Dhenkanal SP Abhinav Sonkar

Class XI girl found dead; family cries rape, murder

Kamakhyanagar: A college girl, who had been missing since Wednesday, was found dead with multiple injuries across her body in a forest in Dhenkanal district Thursday morning, with her family alleging that she was raped before being murdered. The girl, a resident under the Bhuban...

Road accident

Five killed in two separate road accidents in Odisha

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Five people were killed in two separate road accidents in Odisha's Ganjam and Balasore districts on Thursday, police said. Three people travelling on a motorcycle died after their bike hit a bus at Patapalli village under the Sorada police station of Ganjam district, the...

Diamond deposits

Diamond deposits found in Nuapada district: Minister

Nuapada: Diamond deposits have been discovered in Odisha’s Nuapada district, with initial findings reported from Kalamidadar, Mines Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena informed the Assembly Thursday. He said technical, economic and other related assessments of the deposit are currently underway. The minister also said indications of...

Snake in prasad

Snake in prasad: 30 fall ill in Kendrapara

Kendrapara: About 30 people fell ill after consuming dalma allegedly contaminated by a poisonous snake in Pattamundai Municipality, Kendrapara district. The incident occurred in Ward No. 10, where food was prepared for around 400 people during a Bhagavata Saptaha late Wednesday night. A snake was...

Maa Samaleswari temple

‘Basantika Navratra’ begins at Maa Samaleswari temple

Bargarh: 'Basantika Navaratra' festival began at the temple of Maa Samaleswari in Bargarh Thursday, coinciding with 'Chaitra Amavasya'. On the first day, devotees offered prayers and lit an akhand dipa (Eternal Flame) as part of traditional rituals. The deity was adorned in the form of...

Malvika Devi

Kalahandi MP demands Kesinga–Bhubaneswar train

Kesinga: Kalahandi MP Malvika Devi has raised an 18-point charter of demands in Lok Sabha, seeking major railway infrastructure revamp across Kalahandi and neighbouring districts. Speaking in the Lower House Tuesday, Devi called for new rail projects benefiting Kalahandi, Nuapada, Nabarangpur and Bolangir districts. Among...

Road accidents

13 schoolchildren hurt as van overturns

Pattamundai: More than 13 schoolchildren were injured after a van carrying students overturned near Andhara Veterinary Hospital in Kendrapara district Wednesday morning. The van, transporting students of Sudhananda Public School at Amrutmanohi under Pattamundai police limits, reportedly lost control and flipped over. Locals rushed to...

 

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