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Bhubaneswar: Following protests by farmers in several places of Odisha, state government Monday said that the AgriStack identity number is not mandatory for peasants to participate in the paddy procurement process. AgriStack is a flagship digital initiative jointly implemented by the Centre and state governments....

Baragada: Farmers launched a 'jail bharo' protest Monday in Baragada, opposing what they described as "anti-farmer policies" and rules introduced by the state government. They demanded immediate withdrawal of the measures. Hundreds of farmers, led by the Sanjukta Krushak Sangathan in Baragada, gathered at Gandhi...

Baripada: At least two persons, including a woman, died in a lightning strike at a village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Monday, police said. The incident took place at Kashipal village under Baripada Sadar police station when the two were returning home during rain and thunderstorm....

Raurkela: A shed under construction at the main entrance of Raurkela railway station collapsed Monday amid heavy rain, injuring a woman and damaging several vehicles, officials said. The shed collapsed around 8:30 am, sending iron angles crashing onto a car parked underneath. Pranjal Jain, 44,...

Sonpur: More than 100 women staged a protest outside the sub-collector's office in Odisha's Subarnapur district Monday, demanding the closure of a liquor shop at Nuapada under Subalaya police limits. According to reports, protesters alleged that the liquor shop was affecting the area's social environment...

Jharsuguda: A man allegedly caught and bit a cobra after accidentally stepping on it in Karmapada village under Laikera police limits in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district Monday. The incident took place Sunday night when Dharam Singh Khadia was on his way to a field and accidentally...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall is likely in several districts across Odisha over the next week, with the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department issuing yellow warnings. The weather office Monday said that an upper-air cyclonic circulation over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas...

Bhadrak: Two brothers were arrested in Odisha's Bhadrak district for allegedly declaring their mother dead in official records and transferring her house and land in their names, police said. The matter came to light after 60-year-old Aisha Bibi of Habib Nagar in the Dhamnagar police...

Kendrapada: Two farmers allegedly consumed poison during a public grievance hearing in Odisha's Kendrapada district Monday, protesting what they claimed was official inaction over crop losses caused by illegal prawn farming, police said. The incident took place when district collector Raghuram R Iyer was hearing...

Anugola: Two kanwariyas were swept away by strong currents in the Lingara canal near Tipirisingha in Anugola district while collecting water to offer to Lord Shiva during the holy month of Shravan, officials said Monday. One of the two kanwariyas, identified as Smruti Ranjan, was...