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Phulbani: A court in Odisha's Kandhamal district has sentenced five persons to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting them of dacoity and gangrape of a minor girl at gunpoint 16 months ago. Fast-track court judge Kailash Chandra Swain of Phulbani also imposed a fine...

Sonepur: With barely a month-and-a-half left for the 2025–26 Kharif paddy procurement to begin in Subarnapur district, concerns have been raised over the sluggish lifting of rice from mills under the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024–25. As of Monday, only 59.39% of custom-milled rice (CMR)...

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: Authorities in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district have decided to rope in school and college students in the upcoming All India Tiger Estimation (AITE)-2025-26. With the objective and theme of ‘conserve today for a wilder tomorrow’, the forest department has decided to engage...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: A three-day special enforcement drive was conducted across Odisha under the direction of Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena, targeting four major motor vehicle rule violations. During the drive, 4,476 e-challans were issued under the Motor Vehicles Act — including 344 for carrying...

Bolangir: Decomposed body of an unidentified woman was recovered by the police in a village in Odisha's Bolangir district Wednesday, an official said. The middle-aged woman's body was found in a forest area near Gaelpita village under the Deogaon police limits, he said. “We have...

Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: Odisha Vigilance Wednesday arrested a senior tax official after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe from a businessman for waiving the penalty imposed on him for non-payment of professional tax for three financial years. The accused official, Umakanta Mahakur, is currently posted...

Malkangiri: Odisha Police has seized ganja worth over Rs 16 crore in Odisha's Malkangiri district in the past 24 hours, and three drug peddlers have been arrested, officials said. A total of 1,650 kg ganja worth Rs 16.50 crore was seized from three areas in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari Wednesday said the state was largely spared from the severe impact of cyclonic storm 'Montha', though 33 blocks and 11 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) have so far been affected. The minister also said that Gajapati's Goshani...

Berhampur: A special vigilance court in Berhampur Wednesday granted conditional bail to 114 candidates arrested for their alleged involvement in a recruitment scam for the post of police sub-inspector (SI). Special vigilance judge Gynendra Kumar Barik allowed bail on a bond of Rs 50,000 with...

Berhampur: Odisha Police has arrested another person in connection with the murder of senior advocate and BJP leader Pitabash Panda, taking the total arrests in the case to 14. Sunya Chandra Das (61), a resident of Khodasing, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly sheltering the contract...