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Bonai: Security forces killed a wanted Maoist commander during an encounter in a forested area along the Odisha–Jharkhand border Wednesday, officials said. Weapons and Maoist materials were recovered from the site. The deceased has been identified as Israel Purti, also known as Amrit (32), a...

Gudvella: Police in Bolangir district Wednesday recovered the body of a 27-year-old junior engineer (JE) from his rented accommodation in Gudvella, officials said. The deceased, identified as Prabir Behera of Kanikapada in Jajpur’s Mangalapur police station area, was working as a junior engineer on a...

Bhawanipatna: A mild earthquake measuring 4.1 was felt in several places of Odisha's Kalahandi district Wednesday evening, officials said. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the tremor was recorded at 7.42 pm. Its epicentre was located at a latitude of 19.729 degrees North and...

Angul: A female havildar, who had filed a harassment complaint against two police officers, staged a hunger strike before the office of the superintendent of police (SP), Angul, Wednesday. After filing the complaint against the two officers earlier this month, the havildar had also sent...

Berhampur: The Odisha Police arrested a CRPF constable Wednesday for allegedly raping a 45-year-old woman over several years on the pretext of marrying her, officials said. The accused, a resident of Dakhinapur village in Ganjam district, is engaged with the CRPF battalion in Nabarangpur, they...

Koraput: The death of a man in police custody in Odisha's Nabarangpur district Wednesday triggered protests by villagers who threw stones at the police station. The deceased was identified as Purna Kalar, a resident of Anchala village under the Dabugaon police station limits. He was...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena Wednesday termed the Odisha skeleton incident a blot on a civilised society and announced that he would donate one month's salary to the victim's family. The incident pertains to Keonjhar district of Odisha, where a man, Jitu Munda,...

Keonjhar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday launched projects worth Rs 1,330 crore, flagged off 25 advanced electric buses and inaugurated an 'Ama Bus' depot built at a cost of Rs 17 crore in his home district of Keonjhar. The CM inaugurated 24 completed...

Sundargarh: A vigilance court in Odisha’s Sundargarh district Wednesday sentenced a retired junior engineer to two years of rigorous imprisonment for embezzling government funds meant for labourers under a welfare scheme. The convict, Anup Kumar Das, was found guilty of misappropriating public money during his...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: Ahead of an administrative inquiry into the incident involving a man carrying his sister's skeleton to a bank in Odisha's Keonjhar district as proof of death to withdraw money, the BJD Wednesday alleged that Jeetu Munda was made to walk 3 km to the...