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Berhampur: An elephant care centre will soon come up in the Chandragiri reserve forest area in Odisha's Ganjam district, local MLA Pradyumna Nayak said Friday. Around 21 hectares of land have been earmarked by the forest department for the facility near Beruabadi. The proposal of...

Paradip: Port town Paradip stares at a water shortage ahead of summer season as authorities Wednesday clamped an odd-even water supply scheme to combat the impending water supply crisis in the town. The new scheme does away with the usual twice-a-day water supply to the...

Kendrapara: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the District Magistrate (DM) and the Superintendent of Police (SP), of Kandhamal, on the rape of a minor girl, September 1. The NHRC Wednesday directed the DM and the SP...

Boipariguda: An Odia jawan who was critically injured in an explosion during training at Pokhran in Rajasthan died Thursday. The deceased jawan was identified as Ishwar Talia, 34, of Badaguda village in Kenduguda panchayat and Boipariguda police limits of Koraput district. He was employed under...

Sonepur: A special judge, Vigilance in Bolangir sentenced the incumbent tehsildar of Kodinga tehsil in Nabarangpur district to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) after convicting him in a bribery case, Thursday. The convict identified as Subrat Kumar Behera, the incumbent tehsildar of Kodinga tehsil...

Balasore: A groundbreaking study offering the first-ever genetic baseline data for the conservation status of the Asian horseshoe crab (commonly known as the blueblood crab) has been published in ‘Conservation Letters’, December 16. The collaborative research highlights the species’ primary habitats, which act as corridors...

Jajpur: Two officials of a rural bank have been suspended in connection with a loan fraud of over Rs 42 lakh by mortgaging counterfeit gold in Odisha's Jajpur, an official said. The suspended officials have been identified as Satabdee Pradhan, former manager and Pratibha Mishra,...

Bhawanipatna: The body of a class 11 girl student was found hanging in her hostel bathroom in Odisha's Bhawanipatna town Thursday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Tofali Naik, a native of Birikote village under Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi district, the police...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has set up a dedicated company of Armed Police Reserve (APR) force to strengthen wildlife protection in Similipal Tiger Reserve, a notification by the home department said. The APR force with 131 personnel of different categories will form a joint task...

Kendrapara: Lack of cold storage units has significantly impacted the agrarian prosperity of this district while the infrastructure bottleneck has forced the people to rely on imports from neighbouring states throughout the year. The absence of cold storage facilities has also rendered the Potato Mission...