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Rourkela: A Government Railway Police (GRP) constable posted at the office of the Rourkela Railway Superintendent of Police died by hanging Sunday night at his residence in Basanti Colony here, officials said Monday. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Ahmad Hussain, 48. He lived with...

Sonepur: Celebrated weaver Prafulla Meher has created an exceptional wall hanging featuring all 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita’s 18 chapters, woven entirely in fine Ikat (Bandha) technique. The work will be unveiled Monday to mark ‘Gita Jayanti’. Meher, 63, a passionate weaver of Gokarneswarpada in...

Keonjhar: Tension flared at the Keonjhar district headquarters hospital (DHH) following the death of a woman after childbirth allegedly due to medical negligence in the maternity ward. Family members of the deceased, supported by local residents, staged a protest Sunday demanding strict action against the...

Nilagiri: At a time when back-to-back elephant deaths in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary under Balasore district have raised serious concern, forest officials Sunday morning discovered yet another elephant carcass in a highly decomposed state after a gap of barely a month. According to officials, forest personnel...

Bhadrak: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal in Odisha suffered a setback in Bhadrak district after three block chairpersons resigned from the party, a BJD functionary said Sunday. Banta block chairperson Manoranjan Ghadei, Urmila Nayak of Bhadrak and Bhandaripokhari's Sumati Sethi have resigned from the BJD...

Bhubaneswar: Police have busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit in Odisha's Nayagarh district and arrested two persons in this connection, an officer said Sunday. Based on specific inputs, a team of Ranpur police station in the district conducted a raid in a house at Godipada...

Paradip: A fire broke out at a cargo ship docked in Paradip Port in Odisha while loading of thermal coal, officials said Sunday. The blaze erupted at 12.55 am when thermal coal was being loaded onto Eco Colonel Monorvia through a conveyor belt at Chennai...

Berhampur: A couple solemnised their marriage in Odisha's Berhampur by taking an oath on the Constitution, and donated blood and also urged the guests to do so. Preetipanna Mishra (40) and B Bhanu Teja (43) Friday exchanged garlands and took an oath to lead a...

Kendrapara: A silent ecological crisis is unfolding along the coast, where unchecked mushrooming of illegal prawn gheris between Dhamra and Paradip is rapidly reshaping the landscape. What was once a thriving ecosystem is now increasingly dominated by unauthorised aquaculture enclosures -- some even encroaching on...

Dharakote: After 28 years, electricity finally reached Subarnapur village under Jhadabandh panchayat in Ganjam district Saturday, a month after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s intervention. With light bulbs illuminating their homes for the first time, villagers danced and played drums in celebration. For decades, the...