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Youth awarded 20 yrs for kidnap, rape of minor

Man gets 20 years in jail for raping minor girl in Ganjam

Berhampur: A POCSO court here Monday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for raping a six-year-old girl about two years ago. Pranati Pattnaik, the additional district judge-cum-judge of the special court set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,...

Odisha weather

Light rain, thunderstorms expected in Odisha over next four days: IMD

Bhubaneswar: The people in Odisha are likely to get respite from prevailing hot weather conditions as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts thunderstorms and light rainfall in several districts during the next four days. Manorama Mohanty, director of Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, said thunderstorms with light...

Love triangle

Man killed in Ganjam, 2 held

Berhampur: A man was allegedly killed by an elderly person and his son over the selection of a site to stage a popular seasonal folk dance in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Monday. The deceased was identified as Jagdish Panigrahy (27) of Belagaon in the...

Odisha, Farmer, Kandhamal, Business

Odisha: Ex-block vice-chairperson scripts success story

Daringbadi: Bilasini Nayak of Greenbadi village under Daringbadi block in Kandhamal district has established herself as a successful woman farmer, transforming her fortune through maize and tomato cultivation. Bilasini was elected as a Samiti member from 2007 to 2012 and later served as the block...

Odisha viral video

Odisha man beating elephant in viral video identified

Keonjhar: The Forest Department claimed to have identified the person seen beating an elephant with sticks in a viral video from Keonjhar district recently. The department launched a hunt after the purported video of the incident went viral. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Dhanraj HD identified...

Koel river drown

Two youths drown in Koel river

Rourkela: Two youths died by drowning while bathing in the Koel river under Bisra police limits near Rourkela Sunday. The deceased were identified as Pradip Tarai, 19, of B-block, house no-177 in Sector-17, and Ashirbad Barik, 19, of C-block in Sector-8 in Steel City. However,...

BJP worker

BJP worker shot dead in Ganjam

Kabisuryanagar: Unidentified miscreants shot dead a BJP worker on the main road of Pathrapalli village, under Kabisuryanagar police limits, in Ganjam district over unknown reasons Sunday morning, police said. The victim was identified as Lakshmi Narayan Paikaray, 55, alias Kuna, a contractor by profession, of...

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