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Champua: The body of a nine-year-old boy, who was missing since Monday evening, was found stuffed in a sack at Gopinathpur village under Champua police station in Keonjhar district Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Pabana Munda, son of late Rahas Munda of the...

Borigumma: A six-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs at Pupugaon village under Borigumma police limits in Koraput district Tuesday. Also Read: Missing boy’s body found stuffed in sack The deceased child was identified as Chandini Harijan in the village....

Rourkela: A three-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Sundargarh district Tuesday, police said. The accident took place on NH-143, which runs through Biramitrapur town in Sundargarh district. Police said the kid and his family were riding a scooter when...

Bhadrak: The main accused in the incident of attack on police and a magistrate during an unauthorised rally in Odisha's Bhadrak town September 27, has been arrested, an officer said Tuesday. A team led by Additional Superintendent of Police of Bhadrak district Anshuman Dwibedi arrested...

Bhadrak: A human skull and pieces of bones were found near a culvert in Bhadrak district Tuesday, police said. A fisherman discovered the skull entangled in his net at Betada village in Basudevpur area, they said. A local fire service team later reached the spot...

Rourkela: A three-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Odisha's Sundargarh district Tuesday, police said. The accident took place on NH-143, which runs through Biramitrapur town in the district. Police said the kid and his family were riding a scooter...

Balasore: A Royal Bengal Tiger skin was seized and four people were arrested in this connection, a forest officer said Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team comprising forest personnel from Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts conducted a raid in Soro Barajadeuli beat under Talapada wildlife...

Keonjhar/Barbil: Tension ran high after miscreants desecrated a temple of Lord Hanuman and dumped the deity’s idol outside after removing it from the shrine at Akhadashal in New Market area under Ward No-9 of Barbil in Keonjhar district, late Sunday night. The untoward incident sparked...

Patnagarh: Former Crime Branch IG and current additional DG, IPS Arun Bothra, appeared before the Patnagarh court in Bolangir district in connection with the much-hyped Patnagarh wedding parcel bomb case, Monday. Bothra testified in the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge here for the...

Kendrapara: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday called for an Action Taken Report (ATR) within four weeks from the Jharsuguda Superintendent of Police (SP) on the death of three persons in a road mishap in January. The NHRC passed the order while adjudging the...