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Sambalpur: A woman had a close shave with death after being trapped for nearly six hours inside a narrow cave passage near the Saptarshi temple at Bhandarimal village under Jujumura block of Sambalpur district on the occasion of Kartika Purnima Wednesday. The woman, identified as...

Sambalpur: Police Wednesday arrested seven people on charges of killing a youth facing several criminal cases in this district November 3. The accused people attacked Chintu Bahadur with a sword, knife, and stones, causing his instant death. The attackers had a previous enmity with the...

Papadahandi/Nabarangpur: A forester was killed and three others of the same profession were seriously injured when their car and a pickup van collided head-on near Dengaguda Chhak on the Bharatmala road in Nabarangpur district Wednesday. According to reports, foresters Gupta Prasad Mohanty, Kamakhya Prasad Swain,...

Nuapada: A group of women BJD leaders Wednesday urged late party MLA Rajendra Dholakia's wife, Kalpana, not to fall into the trap of the BJP and dubbed her son as 'Ku-Putra' (bad son). The group of women leaders comprising former minister Tukuni Sahu, MLA Barsha...

Bhadrak: A youth allegedly attacked and slit the throat of the father of a Class-IX girl at a village in Odisha's Bhadrak district after the minor rejected his proposal, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at Aruha village under Basudevpur police limits of the...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Vishnu Deo Sai are scheduled to campaign for BJP's Nuapada bypoll candidate Jay Dholakia Thursday, party sources said. CM Majhi is slated to hold a road show in Komna block of Nuapada, while Sai...

Paradip: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday announced plans to set up a new port at Bahuda in Ganjam district and a shipbuilding and repair centre at the Mahanadi river mouth near Paradip with a total investment of over Rs 46,000 crore. CM Majhi...

NARENDRA RAUT, OP Koraput: Potato growers across Koraput district are grappling with an unexpected crisis after Cyclone Montha left large portions of farmland underwater. The lingering effects of the storm have delayed harvesting and raised fears of rotting tubers, reduced quality, and financial losses. According...

Basudevpur: A three-month-old girl died after allegedly receiving a polio injection in Nandapatana village under Balimunda panchayat of Basudevpur block in Bhadrak district, triggering allegations of medical negligence. According to a complaint lodged by the child’s father, Rajaram Jana, his daughter Rajashree was administered a...

PITAMBAR SAHU,OP Nuapada: The upcoming Nuapada by-election, necessitated by the death of four-time BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, has intensified political activity in the region. With polling set for November 11, major political parties- the BJP, BJD and Congress, along with independents, have launched door-to-door campaigns...