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Sambalpur: In a major crackdown on spurious cough syrups and arms trafficking, Odisha Police Monday busted an inter-state racket operating in Bargarh district and arrested 15 people, officials said. Acting on credible intelligence inputs regarding transportation and sale of banned cough syrup and firearms, seven...

Berhampur: A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in Odisha's Ganjam district over an alleged monetary dispute Monday morning, police said. The incident took place at Reddy Damodarapalli village under Dharakote police station limits. The deceased was identified as B Shankar Reddy, a resident of...

New Delhi/Nuapada: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Monday announced that the bypoll for the Nuapada Assembly seat will be held November 11. "The Assembly bypolls in J-K, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan will be held November 11; the counting of votes will be...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to launch projects worth over Rs 1,100 crore in poll-bound Nuapada district Monday, officials said. Majhi is likely to unveil the projects at a public meeting in Nuapada, where bypolls were necessitated following the demise of...

Khandapada: The humble potter’s wheel, once a symbol of self-reliance and cultural pride, now turns in despair. In villages across Nayagarh, the potter community is watching its centuries-old craft crumble as earthenware loses ground to plastic and steel. What was once a dignified livelihood has...

Keonjhar: In a tragic incident, a 26-year-old man went missing Sunday after being swept away by strong currents at Gundichaghagi Waterfall near Banachakulia village, under Ghatagaon police limits in Keonjhar district. The missing individual was identified as Satyaprakash Mahanta, a resident of Badashiadimal village under...

Ganjam: Residents of Jarapadar village under Kainchapur panchayat and Ganjam police limits in this district have been accused of socially boycotting two families, prompting a police investigation. According to a complaint filed a few days ago, villagers allegedly socially boycotted H Ramachandra Reddy and his...

Pandripani: Two motorcyclists were killed and two others critically injured in separate accidents after their bikes rammed into the same unattended breakdown truck on National Highway 326 near Katameta village in Malkangiri district, Saturday. The deceased were identified as Suku Khila and Bhima Khila, both...

Joda: In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old boy hacked his stepfather to death with the help of his two friends at Hanuman hutting in Joda town in Keonjhar district Sunday. The deceased was identified as Manoj Kalandi, 45, a resident of Hanuman hutting in this...

Koraput: In a major crackdown on illegal liquor production, the Excise Department conducted a surprise raid at Dengajaniguda, under Koraput Sadar police limits, seizing a large quantity of country-made liquor and raw materials. Acting on a tip-off, excise officials recovered 2,100 litres of fermented wash...