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Hatadihi/Keonjhar: Keonjhar police Monday launched a major crackdown on alleged illegal sand mining and transportation networks under a special drive named ‘Operation Baitarani’. Police conducted simultaneous raids at 12 locations across Anandapur, Ghasipura, Nandipada and Ghatagaon police station areas, targeting suspected sand mafia operators involved...

Rasulpur: Acting on a tip-off, a special task force raided an illegal coal briquette factory in Baransha village under Rasulpur block in Jajpur district and rescued more than 50 children. The operation, ordered by the Jajpur ADM, was conducted Monday jointly by district labour officials,...

Chhatrapur: The Ganjam district administration has expedited preparations for the Chhatrapur Mahotsav, scheduled from June 1 to 5, during a meeting chaired Monday by Collector V Keerthi Vasan with department heads and officials in Chhatrapur. The cultural extravaganza will add colourful fervour to the ongoing...

Bhubaneswar/Padampur: In a significant judgment in an anti-corruption case, the Special Judge, Vigilance Court, Bhubaneswar convicted former Padampur tehsildar Khirabdi Behera, now retired, for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The court Monday found Behera guilty in a Vigilance case registered under...

Paralakhemundi: A court in Gajapati district has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife and carrying her severed head in a bag in a case that had shocked the state in 2023. District and Sessions Judge Jagadish Prasad Mohanty Monday convicted Chandrasekhar...

Keonjhar: In a crackdown against illegal sand mining in Odisha's Keonjhar district, police conducted raids at 12 places and detained 10 people involved in the illegal mining and transportation. The police have launched "Operation Baitarani" against the organised sand mafia network operating in the district...

Keonjhar: Three masked miscreants allegedly looted over Rs 8 lakh from two government officials "at gun point" in Odisha's Keonjhar district Monday, police said. The incident took place near Mukuna Bazaar under Keonjhar Sadar police limits around 10 am when Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) of...

Balasore: Six people were arrested Monday for their alleged involvement in an attack on a mining department officer in the Khaira area of Balasore district a couple of days ago, police said. Junior mining officer Abhisekh Behera, posted in the Khaira circle, narrowly escaped unhurt...

Berhampur: A man from Odisha's Ganjam district, who had been working in a company in Russia, was killed and two others suffered injuries in a drone attack by Ukraine in the Moscow region, an official said on Monday. The deceased was identified as 30-year-old A Rameya,...

Kendrapara: Odisha Vigilance Monday caught red-handed a school headmaster in Kendrapara district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a staff member, officials said. The accused, identified as Raghunath Das, was serving as the officiating headmaster of a high school at Chadeiguan near...