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Diarrhoea

Panic as diarrhoea claims 2 in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: The spread of diarrhoea in villages under Sadar and Banshpal blocks of Keonjhar district has sparked fear among the residents with the disease claiming the lives of two persons and infecting more than 20 people by Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Gopal Dehury,...

Patrolling

22 new SUVs to boost patrolling in Steel City

Rourkela: Crime control in the smart city of Rourkela has received a shot in the arm as the police administration has added 22 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to its existing patrolling vehicle fleet. Informing the media about the development, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Western Range,...

Man arrested

Man held 2 years after killing wife, daughter

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...

BJD leader Raja Chakra

EOW takes Raja on three-day remand

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...

Accident

Four killed in separate road mishaps in Odisha

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....

Two minors arrested for gangrape of 12-yr old

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...

22.76gm brown sugar seized in Boudh; three held

22.76gm brown sugar seized in Boudh; three held

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)...

Girl dies, cousin critically injured in wall collapse

Girl dies, cousin critically injured in wall collapse

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,...

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