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Kendrapada: A watchman and a 13-year-old inmate of a government-funded shelter home for the destitute in Odisha's Kendrapada district were taken into custody Tuesday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old tribal girl from Jharkhand, police said. The matter came to light when she was found to...

Brahmapur: A Special POCSO court here Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of raping a 13-year-old girl after kidnapping her in Odisha's Ganjam district. The incident took place six years ago in a village under Rambha police station...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: "You can't keep it lingering like this," the Supreme Court Tuesday told the Odisha government, asking it to decide on the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart...

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure system brewing in the Bay of Bengal may cause heavy rainfall and thunderstorms till Saturday in Odisha, the eastern coastal state already bruised by two bouts of floods this monsoon. The state experienced light to moderate rain at a few places in...

Bhubaneswar/Bhogarai: In a rare incident, at least five baby orangutans, which are not indigenous to India, were rescued in Ranakatha Protected Reserve Forest near Badapai village under Bhogarai block of Baleshwar district, prompting the authorities to suspect that wildlife smugglers might be behind the animals’...

By Pramod Kumar Bohidar, OP Sambalpur: The 112-year-old Khandual Government Upgraded High School under the Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) has seen a sharp drop in enrolment owing to poor infrastructure and a shortage of teachers gripping the institution. Established as a primary school in 1914,...

By Rabinarayan Jena, OP Bhubaneswar: A total of 4,203 educational institutions in the state are operating on forest-classified land, creating difficulties in accessing government assistance and other facilities, according to Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) department sources Monday. The issue was highlighted during a high-level...

Digapahandi: A 70-year-old woman who went missing from Bhubaneswar five years ago has finally returned home after her grandson recognised her during a live television broadcast from an old-age home in the city. Indu Bisoyi, a native of Naliha village under Kukudakhandi block, was reunited...

Naktideula: A Class IV student had a close shave after a villager shot an arrow at him while he was travelling to school with his father on a bike at Keutaberni village in Salebhata panchayat and this police limits in Sambalpur district, police said. The...

Papadahandi: Police rescued a newborn boy found inside a bag lying on the roadside near Majhiguda-Gopiguda Square in Nabarangpur district. ASI Ananta Kadraka and a team from Maidalpur police station were patrolling the area early Monday when they noticed the bag and found the infant...