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Buguda: Illegal fishing, withdrawal of security and prolonged neglect have pushed hundreds of rare turtoises to the brink of extinction at Neela Pokhari in Golia village of Ganjam district, popularly known as Odisha’s second Indradyumna Sarovar. Despite a ban on fishing, nets are routinely cast...

Mahakalapara: More than 500 cashew trees have been swallowed by the Mahanadi River due to tidal ingress along the coastal belt of Mahakalapara block in Kendrapara district. Environmental activist Subhas Swain said more than 500 of the 5,000 cashew trees along the Mahanadi near Bahakud...

Phulbani: A constable was allegedly stabbed in broad daylight near Sai Mandir in the heart of Phulbani town Friday in what police described as an attempt to murder. Police have arrested two persons in connection with the attack. The injured constable has been identified as...

New Delhi/Chandipur: The Defence Ministry Friday said three flight trials of a very short-range air defence missile system were conducted successfully from Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. It said the trials were carried out to revalidate the capability of the VSHORADS (Very ShortRange Air...

Berhampur: A court in Odisha's Ganjam has issued a notice to a man for the attachment of his property, allegedly acquired through operating mule bank accounts to aid cybercriminals, police said Friday. The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Khallikote, issued a 14-day notice to Sushant...

Paradip: A 23-year-old woman was raped twice in a day in separate places by her boyfriend and a stranger offering help and then thrown off a four-storey building, leading to her death, in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said Friday. Police arrested both the accused and...

Bhubaneswar: A 12-year-old girl, who had been missing for the last two days, was found dead under a bush in Odisha's Angul district Friday, police said. The incident was reported in NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) police station area. The deceased was a Class-VIII student...

Balasore: Two officials deputed for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal by mistake had entered a village in neighbouring Odisha's Balasore district and were assaulted by locals over suspicion of being members of a child-lifting gang, police said Friday. The incident...

Kendrapara: In a tragic incident that has raised serious questions about the paddy procurement system in state, a middle-aged farmer from Junagadi village under Rajnagar block in Kendrapara district reportedly died of cardiac arrest after facing prolonged harassment during the sale of his paddy. The...

Bhubaneswar/Paradip: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said the Centre's approval of a Rs 797-crore green hydrogen jetty at Paradip Port will accelerate investments and boost the maritime economy in the state. The central government recently approved a proposal to construct the jetty in...