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Chhatrapur: Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan has announced that government officials in the district will not receive flower bouquets or gifts of any kind as part of New Year greetings. The directive, issued to all district offices, takes effect immediately. The move aims to discourage...

Phulbani: A day after neutralising four Maoists, including Ganesh Uike, 69, who carried a Rs 1.2-crore bounty on his head, Odisha Police Friday intensified operations in Kandhamal district, hoping to arrest more ultras. Additional DGP (anti-naxal operations) Sanjeeb Panda said security forces were carrying out...

Keonjhar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said that 15 lakh hectares of land will be irrigated during the next three years in the state. Majhi said this while addressing farmers in his home district, Keonjhar, after inaugurating the paddy procurement process. He also...

Phulbani: A day after neutralising four Maoists, including Ganesh Uike (69), who carried a Rs 1.2 crore bounty on his head, Odisha Police Friday intensified operations in Kandhamal district, hoping to arrest more ultras. Additional DGP (anti-naxal operations) Sanjeeb Panda said security forces were carrying...

Bhadrak: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old man in her home in Odisha's Bhadrak district, following which she attempted suicide by consuming poison and is now hospitalised in a critical condition, the police said Friday. The incident came to light amid widespread...

Baripada: Two brothers drowned while bathing at a waterfall near Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday, police said. The victims were identified as Satyabrata (23) and Abhishek Nayak (17) from Bhadrak district. The incident occurred at Sitakund, a popular tourist and picnic spot...

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Odisha Vigilance Friday launched simultaneous raids on the properties of a junior engineer of Malkangiri district and a forester of Koraput district. On the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets, vigilance officers raided the properties of the two government officers at nine locations, an...

Jagatsinghpur: Private parts of a 13-year-old boy were allegedly severed after a dispute over fish in Ambiki village under Erasama police limits of Jagatsinghpur district Thursday. The minor was admitted to the Erasama community health centre in a severe condition with critical injuries after his...

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...