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Bhawanipatna: A superintending engineer of the Bhawanipatna minor irrigation division has been suspended from his post on charge of tender fixing. The accused superintending engineer was identified as Jagannath Mallick, who is posted in the minor irrigation division office at Bhawanipatna. He has been accused...

Lahunipara: Police recovered the half-burnt body of a married woman near a canal near Raikalaposh village under Kuliposh panchayat and this police limits in Sundargarh district. The deceased was identified as Fulmani Munda, 30, wife of Turi Munda, 43. Police and a forensic team visited...

Jajpur: The state government’s recent decision to allow three more industries to draw water from Baitarani river has not only left the farmers of Jajpur and Keonjhar districts in a state of uncertainty over possible crop failure, but also posed a threat to the very...

Rourkela: If things go as per plan, the work for the establishment of an eight million litre per day (MLD) capacity sewage treatment plant (STP) to mitigate pollution in Koel river at Koel Nagar here will begin in April this year – a move that...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

Bhograi: With the fate of the long-pending Jaleswar-Digha broad gauge rail route still hanging in balance, people living along the Odisha-West Bengal border appear sceptical about the proposed Jaleswar-Chandaneswar new rail route ever becoming a reality. According to reports, despite receiving approval 14 years ago...