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Baripada: Police have registered two cases and produced 34 persons in court following an attack on police personnel and vandalism of a tehsildar’s vehicle during a protest at Bahalda on National Highway 220 in Mayurbhanj district. The protest erupted after the alleged molestation of a...

Bolangir: The death of an inmate inside the Bolangir District Jail Saturday triggered protests by family members, who alleged that the incident was a case of murder rather than suicide. The deceased was identified as Bhishmadeb, alias Gopal Sahu, 37, a resident of Kushang village...

Sonepur: The District Collector has recommended action against the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies (DRCS), Subarnapur division, following allegations of irregularities in recruitment at the Maradugochha Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) under Tarbha block of Subarnapur district. The issue triggered statewide buzz with the role...

Nuapada: Four members of a family attempted self-immolation on the premises of the District and Sessions Judge’s court during the National Lok Adalat Saturday, alleging police inaction in a longstanding dispute. Sources said Dasarathi Meher, 40, his wife Upasi Meher, 27, daughter Anuradha, 7, and...

Bolangir: A 25-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his friends following a dispute over sharing liquor during a gathering at a village in Bolangir district, police said Saturday. The incident occurred Friday night at Rinbachan under the Bolangir Sadar police station limits. The...

Sambalpur: The police Saturday recovered the body of a woman, who allegedly threw her two minor daughters into a well in Odisha's Sambalpur district, an officer said. The woman, identified as Sanju Madiki, allegedly killed her daughters in her village Friday and hanged herself March...

Phulbani: Three persons were trampled to death by separate herds of elephants in the jungles of Kandhamal district, forest officials said Saturday. While two persons died at Damba forest in Petapanfa gram panchayat Friday evening, another man met the same fate at Paburia forest Saturday...

Bhadrak: With the onset of summer, concerns are mounting over a possible drinking water crisis in Dhamnagar block of Bhadrak district. Although drinking water supply facilities exist in all 31 panchayats of the block, lack of proper maintenance and an acute shortage of staff are...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Railway infrastructure development in Odisha has received a major push over the past decade, with more than 2,150 km of new railway tracks commissioned between 2014 and 2025, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha Friday. Vaishnaw said the commissioning of...

Koraput: The long-standing demand of Debasandhaguda villagers under Raising panchayat in Nandapur block is set to be fulfilled as the state government has approved construction of a bridge over the Baski River. Koraput District Collector Manoj Satyaban Mahajan visited the Nandapur block  February 27 and...