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Pattamundai: Even as nearly 80 per cent of the kharif paddy harvest has been completed in Pattamundai subdivision and adjoining areas of Kendrapara district, the government is yet to open procurement mandis, pushing farmers into distress sale and fuelling illegal paddy trade. With mandis remaining...

Udala: A Forest department official was brutally assaulted in Udala area of Mayurbhanj district Saturday evening, allegedly by stone smuggling group members angered over the seizure of a vehicle involved in illegal transportation. The victim, Para Forester Ananta Narayan Choudhury, posted at the Udala forest...

Jajpur: At least 15 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a clash between supporters of an Independent MLA and a BJD leader in Odisha's Jajpur district Sunday, police said. Several vehicles, including bikes and cars, were vandalised in the clash in the farmhouse...

Malkangiri: Police have arrested 18 people so far in connection with the violent clash that occurred in MV-26 village of Malkangiri district. According to police, nine people were arrested Saturday midnight, while three more were taken into custody Sunday. With these arrests, the total number...

Nayagarh:  A woman has been detained for allegedly strangling her husband to death in Puaniyan village under Khalisahi panchayat in the Khandapada police station area of Nayagarh district, police said Sunday. According to reports, a woman allegedly strangled her husband to death Sunday. The deceased...

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions were reported in parts of Odisha Sunday, with at least 12 areas recording minimum temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). G Udayagiri in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state, as the mercury...

Baripada: Residents of Khunta block in Mayurbhanj district have alleged gross irregularities in the construction of a road, claiming that the asphalt layer is peeling off barely five days after completion of work. The 9-km-long road from Chapaladihi and Bahalada to Sapanachua under Badapathara panchayat,...

Kendrapara: Forest personnel of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, during the early hours of Saturday, intercepted a mechanised fishing vessel and arrested eight fishermen for illegally fishing inside the designated “no-fishing zone” of the sanctuary. The forest officials seized the vessel along with fish catch, fishing...

Bandhugaon: Five girls fell ill Saturday after consuming rice allegedly contaminated with a lizard at the hostel of Baunshput Government Upper Primary School in Bandhugaon block of Koraput district. According to officials, the hostel houses 99 residents. Leftover rice from Friday night’s dinner was served...

Kendrapara: Odisha Police Saturday took a 14-year-old boy into custody in Kendrapara, after he threatened his school headmaster inside the classroom by allegedly brandishing a country-made revolver. The Class-9 student was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, which sent him to the Probation Hostel-cum-Observation Home...