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Baripada: Severed legs of a man were found inside Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, with locals alleging that he was killed in a tiger attack, officials said. Forest officials, however, said the cause of death was yet to be ascertained, and an...

Berhampur: A 32-year-old daily wage labourer died after allegedly being tortured in police custody in Odisha's Ganjam district, with the DGP ordering a high-level probe into the matter. The deceased has been identified as Sushant Sahu, a resident of Subalaya village in Kabisuryanagar police station...

Rourkela: Odisha Police busted a gambling racket in an area bordering Chhattisgarh in Sundargrah district and arrested 26 people involved in such an illegal activity, an officer said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the Jamjharia forest near the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border on...

Sambalpur : A 25-year-old newlywed woman had a providential escape after she allegedly jumped off a bridge into the Mahanadi in a suicide attempt near Sonepur town on the Sonepur-Sambalpur Road Sunday. The woman, identified as Sangita Putel, survived the fall and was rescued by...

Jeypore: Jeypore Town police in Koraput district arrested five persons Sunday for their alleged involvement in the illegal trade of Pentazocine injections and produced them in court. The accused were identifi ed as Debashish Pattnaik, 29, of Soura Sahi, Tapas Saha, 29, of Parabedha, Ram...

Baripada: The Mayurbhanj district administration has extended traffic restrictions on the Dwarasuni ghat stretch of National Highway 49 near Bangiriposi till June 15 due to ongoing road-widening work. The restrictions have been imposed as a precautionary measure during controlled rock-blasting operations required for the highway...

Barbil: An orphaned minor girl gave birth to a baby boy at the Keonjhar District Headquarters Hospital Saturday, prompting a formal complaint and the subsequent arrest of a youth, police said. According to authorities, Santosh Tiria, 22, of Sayabali area in Keonjhar district, allegedly took...

Digapahandi: A woman was arrested and sent to jail on charges of attempted murder of her husband after he discovered her alleged extramarital relationship in Ganjam district. The incident occurred in Bajapalli village under Basudevpur panchayat in Digapahandi block and has triggered widespread discussion in...

Berhampur: A youth was allegedly murdered inside an abandoned house near Geeta Bhavan on Giri Road under Gosani Nuagaon police limits Saturday night. The incident marks the fifth murder reported in Berhampur police district in the past one and a half months. Though the police...

Bhubaneswar/Boudh: A partially paralysed man had a miraculous escape from what could have been a freak encounter after a small python coiled itself around his hand and a chair, leaving him trapped for nearly two hours inside his house at Adenigarh village under Harbhanga block...