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Deogarh: Enraged villagers tied an electricity department employee to an electric pole in Dudhianali village under Reamal police limits in Deogarh district. According to reports, the area had been without power for the last four days, leaving villagers furious. When the employee arrived to carry...

Jharsuguda: The Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Jharsuguda, for failing to submit a reply and repeatedly ignoring the tribunal’s directions in a case related to alleged illegal occupation...

Nandapur/Padua: Residents of Ghatiguda village under Khinbar panchayat in Nandapur block of Koraput district have alleged that authorities from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh are carrying out plantation of shade trees for coffee cultivation on an Odisha hill after claiming it as their own territory. Villagers further...

Balasore: A dispute between two brothers over their mother’s funeral rites allegedly left the elderly woman’s body unattended to for nearly 10 hours in Balasore district before police personnel stepped in to perform the rites. The incident occurred at Lokanathpur under Basta police limits Tuesday...

Khurda: A man from Khurda district was critically injured after being attacked by an elephant while collecting mangoes from his orchard Tuesday morning, officials and locals said. The victim, Dasarathi Jena of Malipada village under Jankia police limits, sustained severe injuries, including fractures to his...

Khaprakhol: A pregnant woman from Charabhata village under Ghunasar panchayat in Khaprakhol block of Bolangir district had to be carried in a sling for more than 1.5 km to reach an ambulance because her hamlet lacks a motorable road, an ordeal that ended in tragedy...

Kendrapara: Police have launched an inquiry into allegations of custodial torture of a woman and her son by personnel of the Talachua Marine Police Station in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an officer said Wednesday. Kendrapara Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kataria said Wednesday that he had personally...

Kendrapara: Two road construction workers were killed and two others injured after a pickup van in which they were travelling overturned in Odisha's Kendrapara district Wednesday, police said. The accident happened near Mugakani village in the Rajnagar police station area around 4.30 pm, when the...

Nabarangpur: A team of administrative officials conducted raids Tuesday on several hotels in the Raighar main market area under Nabarangpur district after the Collector was served with "stale and sub-standard" snacks. As per reports, the incident occurred when Nabarangpur District Collector Maheswar Swain was hearing...

Rajnagar: A woman and her son were allegedly assaulted and tortured inside the Talachua Marine Police Station in Kendrapara district after they visited the police station to lodge a complaint, a report said Tuesday. According to the complaint fi led Tuesday by Annapurna Mandal (58)...