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Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Odisha Police arrested three persons for allegedly defrauding an investor of Rs 13.72 lakh through a fake online investment scheme, officials said Monday. The accused were identified as Abinash Ojha (35), Jagan Sahoo (24) and Pratik Chaurasia (21), all residents of Rourkela in Sundargarh...

Baripada: Odisha education department has suspended a woman teacher after she was found guilty of corporal punishment at a state-run upper primary school in Mayurbhanj district, officials said Monday. The incident took place at Khandadeula government upper primary school within Baisinga police station limits Thursday....

Dwarka Prasad Patnaik, OP Chhatrapur: The iconic Olive Ridley turtles, among the rarest of marine turtles globally, continue to choose Odisha’s coastline -- particularly the Rushikulya river mouth near Ganjam -- as a favoured nesting ground. The area’s climatic conditions are highly conducive to egg-laying,...

Baripada: As many as 30 landless families in Akharshila village under Kalapathura panchayat in Shamakhunta block of Mayurbhanj district have been paying taxes for the last 27 years despite lacking possession of the land. The state government had allotted 4 decimals of land to more...

Paralakhemundi: Farmers in Kashinagar block of Gajapati district have reported heavy crop damage after rainwater inundated their paddy fields, with many blaming the increased height of the Gotta barrage in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh for the crop loss. Reports said that about 200 farmers lost paddy...

Chikiti: A youth went missing Sunday at Sunapur beach in Ganjam district while bathing in the sea with three of his friends. The missing youth has been identified as Amit Pradhan, 18, of Liakhai village under K Nuagaon panchayat in Chikiti block. Despite a search...

Basudevpur: An 8-year-old girl was abducted Saturday night from outside her residence in Radhanathpur Adia village under Chandamani marine police limits of Basudevpur block in Bhadrak district. Police said two unidentified youths were lying in wait on the road in the dark when the girl...

Jeypore: At least 13 girls from the Vejahandi UPS Nodal School hostel in Kundura block of Koraput district had to be hospitalised after being afflicted with diarrhoea Sunday. They were admitted to the district headquarters hospital in Jeypore for treatment. In the past three days,...

Sonepur/Binika: A man from Tulundpali village under Binika police limits of Subarnapur district died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor Sunday. The deceased was identified as Raghu Bhoi, 43, a daily wage labourer in the village. Police said Raghu, who regularly consumed liquor, was found unconscious...

Umerkote: A seven-month pregnant, unmarried minor girl was rescued Saturday by the Umerkote Integrated Child Development Project (ICDS) after her family and the accused boy’s kin refused to shelter her. Police said the 17-year-old girl, a resident of a village under Umerkote police limits, had...