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Rourkela: Odisha Police have busted an inter-state gambling racket in Rourkela and arrested two persons, besides seizing cash, gold ornaments and vehicles from their possession, officials said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a gambling den at Luakera village on the Odisha-Jharkhand border under...

Berhampur: Two persons were killed and at least 32 injured in separate accidents in Odisha's Ganjam district over the last 24 hours, police said Monday. In the first accident Sunday night, two persons were killed and 20 injured when a pickup van overturned near Anda...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday inaugurated a new 650-bed hospital of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and launched different developmental projects worth over Rs 430 crore in the tribal dominated Mayurbhanj district. During his one-day visit to Mayurbhanj, the chief minister said...

Rourkela: Odisha Police Monday demolished houses of six drug peddlers in Rourkela city as part of the 'Nasha Mukt Odisha Drive', an officer said. Rourkela police and local administration carried out the joint eviction and demolition drive at Meena Pada within Plant Site police station...

Baripada: Days after a big cat killed a man in Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday asked people living near the Park not to enter the forest alone. Majhi said this while addressing a gathering, where he stated...

Bhawanipatna: Vigilance officials caught a MGNREGA assistant posted with the Kalahandi Watershed Department Monday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 from a beneficiary. The accused has identified as Priyanka Jena, was allegedly demanding money to facilitate the release of a bill related to...

Sambalpur: A 60-year-old woman and her 35-year-old daughter were hacked to death in Odisha's Sambalpur district allegedly over suspicion that they were practising witchcraft, police said Monday. The incident took place in Giripali Khadiapada village under the jurisdiction of Sason police station area when they...

Baripada: Tree stumps at the site of the proposed interstate bus terminal at Palabani in Mayurbhanj district were allegedly uprooted using JCB machines, triggering fresh concerns over possible destruction of evidence in an ongoing tree-felling dispute linked to the project. The matter is pending before...

Baripada: A rare rock art site featuring ancient carvings and a Sanskrit inscription dating back to the seventh-eighth century AD has been discovered in the Paladha Salua forest near Chadakata village in Mayurbhanj district, a finding that researchers believe could shed new light on the...

Berhampur: More than 1.86 lakh candidates appeared for the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) Sunday for admission to the five-year BS-MS programme for the 2026-27 academic session across seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs). IISER Berhampur conducted the examination for the first time...