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Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday hailed security personnel for killing six Maoists in Kandhamal district and said the state's efforts to curb ZLeft-Wing Extremism have resulted in substantial success. The BJD president, who had also remained in...

Kendrapara/Bhubaneswar: With behavioural and migration patterns of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles still shrouded in the realm of scientific study, the state Forest department has reinitiated the satellite tagging of these iconic marine animals ahead of their mass nesting. These turtles turn up in millions...

Koraput: A resident of Jeypore in Koraput district was allegedly cheated of Rs 8 lakh by cyber criminals while traveling for cancer treatment, police said Thursday. The victim, identified as Sadanand Samantaray, was on his way to Visakhapatnam for a scheduled surgery when he received...

Deogaon: In a shocking incident, a woman was hacked to death by her husband with an axe allegedly over domestic dispute at Jurlakani village under Deogaon police limits in Bolangir district late Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Tapa Mallik, 31, wife of Mahadev...

Bhubaneswar/Angul: Five security guards were arrested in Angul district for allegedly shooting dead two persons who attempted theft at a stockyard, police said Thursday. The incident happened at Lingarakata near Pipeline Road in the Talcher police station area in the early hours of Wednesday, they...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of members of various Hindu organisations held a protest march in Bhubaneswar Thursday condemning the violence, persecution, and human rights violations against the community in Bangladesh. The march, organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Bhubaneswar district, was joined by Bajrang Dal, Durga...

Berhampur: A 45-year-old man was arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly cheating around 500 people on the pretext of arranging jobs in Singapore, police said Thursday. The accused, identified as Subrat Kumar Palo of Hillpatna here, was arrested Wednesday on the basis of an...

Bhubaneswar: Ganesh Uike, 69, a battle-hardened Maoist leader, finally fell to the bullets of security personnel in Kandhamal district Thursday, less than a year after taking charge of Odisha operations, officials said. Uike, a central committee member of the outfit carrying a bounty of Rs...

Sambalpur: Odisha vigilance department Thursday arrested a revenue official after detecting multiple assets, including 16 plots and two buildings, allegedly beyond his known sources of income, officials said. Raids were conducted Wednesday at the property of Basudev Bhoi, senior revenue assistant in the office of...

Sambalpur/Kolkata: A 30-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly killed in Odisha's Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi, police said Thursday. Juel Sheikh was working, along with a few others from West Bengal, in the construction of a building in Shanti Nagar...