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Buguda: A man accused of poisoning his wife and daughter to death two years ago was arrested Wednesday. The accused, identified as Krushna Chandra Bishoi of Pochalundi village under Balipadar police outpost in Ganjam district, was absconding since the incident. According to reports, Krushna married...

Balasore: Days after arresting BJD leader Soumyashankar Chakra alias Raja Chakra in connection with a large-scale fund embezzlement case at Gandhamardan Loading Agency and Transport Cooperative Limited in Keonjhar district affiliated to Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch...

Bhubaneswar: Four persons were killed in three separate accidents in Odisha Wednesday, police said. A report from Begunia in Khurda district stated a couple died on the spot after their vehicle collided with a bus near Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Pichukuli on Khurda-Bolangir National Highway 57....

Bhograi: With the fate of the long-pending Jaleswar-Digha broad gauge rail route still hanging in balance, people living along the Odisha-West Bengal border appear sceptical about the proposed Jaleswar-Chandaneswar new rail route ever becoming a reality. According to reports, despite receiving approval 14 years ago...

Umerkote: Police arrested two minor boys on a charge of sedating a 12-year-old girl and gangraping her under Umerkote police limits in Nabarangpur district late Monday night. The accused minors were questioned in this connection after their arrest. The survivor and the accused minors were...

Boudh: The police in Boudh confiscated 22.67 gram brown sugar and arrested three persons in connection with the peddling of the narcotics during a raid at a hideout in Boudh district. Addressing a press conference at the district police headquarters Tuesday, Superintendent of Police (SP)...

Hatadihi/Chhenapadi: An 8-year-old girl was killed while her 5-year-old cousin was critically injured when a portion of a mud wall collapsed and fell on the kids at Badarampas village under Hatadihi block in Keonjhar district, Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Snehalata Sahu,...

Koraput: Thousands of people from the tribal community held a demonstration in Odisha's Koraput district Tuesday, opposing the proposed bauxite mining project in Nageswari Reserve Forest. The agitators, who belonged to 13 gram sabhas in Nandapur block, held a protest march under the banner of...

Bhubaneswar: Rain and thunderstorms are likely in parts of Odisha over the next few days in a much-needed respite from the heatwave that swept the state, the IMD said Tuesday. Boudh in the western part of the state was the hottest place in the last...

Berhampur: At least three persons were killed and three others seriously injured in the clash between two groups over suspected witchcraft practice in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday, police said. The clash took place at Kharipalli village. The clash broke out due to the suspected witchcraft...