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Sambalpur: A man wanted in more than 24 criminal cases was injured in an exchange of fire with police in Odisha's Sambalpur district Sunday, police said. Md Irfan, a resident of Sunapali, was wanted in cases related to dacoity, robbery, theft, burglary and narcotics, Additional...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials Saturday apprehended an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI) posted at Khalikote police station in Ganjam district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a person to extend a favour in a case. Vigilance sources said the accused...

Raurkela: Odisha Vigilance arrested Dhaneswar Barad, Excise Superintendent of Raurkela, Saturday after recovering Rs 5 lakh in suspected ill-gotten cash during an interception operation the previous night, officials said. Vigilance officials intercepted a Scorpio bearing registration number OD14-AD-1314 near the Excise Superintendent’s Office at Uditnagar,...

Anandapur: Unable to bear alleged harassment by an officer, an employee of the Ghasipura fire station reportedly threatened to commit suicide by climbing atop the three-storied office building at Shalapada under Anandapur Municipality in Kendujhar district Saturday. The employee, Hemananda Dehuri, was rescued after his...

Bheden: A 60-year-old man was killed allegedly by his younger brother with an iron pipe and an axe near a country liquor shop at Luisira Khaliapali under the Rusuda police outpost in Bheden police limits of Baragada district late Friday night. The deceased was identified...

Nuapada: Jailer Balaram Bishi Majhi of Nuapada Sub-Jail was suspended Saturday after a prisoner escaped from the correctional facility, officials said. Majhi was suspended for alleged negligence in ensuring security at the sub-jail. The departmental action followed an incident September 7, when prisoner Biswabhihari Majhi,...

DEEPAK MISHRA, OP Kendujhar: The government has introduced several schemes for school education, nutrition and overall development of children. However, despite tall claims of transformation, the ground reality in rural areas presents a different picture. Established July 18, 1959, the Government Primary School at Badabil...

Basudevpur: Two youths were killed and another seriously injured after the motorcycle they were riding crashed into a road divider and an electricity pole near MLA Colony Square in Bhadrak district, Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Gobinda Biswal and Kahnucharan Nayak, both from...

Jakarta: Indonesia is working with the authorities in India to expedite the repatriation of five baby orangutans who were found in an Odisha forest, suspected to be victims of transnational wildlife trafficking, according to a local media report. The cubs, three males and two females...

Bhanjanagar: Police have busted an illegal country-made gun manufacturing unit in Ganjam district late Friday night and arrested three people, seizing five single-barrel muzzle-loading firearms and a cache of equipment allegedly used to manufacture weapons. Acting on a tip-off, police teams from Tarasing police station...