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Anandpur: A 45-year-old man died after being bitten by a venomous snake while attempting to rescue it from a fishing net in Keonjhar district Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sujit Naik of Kalara Gadia under Ghasipura police limits in Anandapur sub-division. Naik had gone...

Malkangiri: The Odisha forest department Wednesday seized 631 Indian flap shell turtles near the state's border with Andhra Pradesh during a special operation in Malkangiri district, an officer said. Acting on a tip-off, Forest Department personnel of the Motu range under Malkangiri forest division conducted...

Berhampur (Odisha):  Odisha Police arrested five people on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the attack on a BJD leader and the chairperson of the Sheragada panchayat samiti (block) in Ganjam district. Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik alleged that the chairman of...

Baripada: Odisha forest department officers Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly setting fire inside the Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district, officials said. While patrolling the Nedam forest Tuesday evening, staff of Pithabata North wildlife range spotted three persons allegedly setting fire to the forest...

Phulbani: Ten Maoists carrying a combined bounty of Rs 1.15 crore surrendered before Odisha Police in Kandhamal district Wednesday, officials said. Among those who surrendered are CPI(Maoist) State Committee Member (SCM) Sanu Pottam alias Nitu, who carried a bounty of Rs 55 lakh. The red...

Kendrapara: A 48-year-old fisherman was killed in an attack by a saltwater crocodile in a village on the fringes of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district, a forest officer said Wednesday. The forest and fire brigade personnel later retrieved the maimed body from a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is going to open rice ATMs in Jharsuguda, Nabarangpur, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal districts in the near future, Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister KC Patra told the Assembly Wednesday. The first rice ATM in the state has been opened at the Mancheswar...

Paralakhemundi: Encroachment on a minor irrigation canal connecting Ramsagar and Sitasagar in Gajapati district has disrupted water supply to thousands of acres of farmland, leaving farmers struggling and forcing them to migrate for work. Farmers allege that the canal, built during the rule of the...

Purushottampur: The annual Chaitra Mangalabar Jatra of Maa Tara Tarini, the presiding deity of Ganjam district, began Tuesday with religious fervour at the hilltop shrine. The temple premises witnessed a huge gathering of devotees from midnight, with the air resonating with chants, women’s ululation and...

Lakhanpur/Sambalpur: Members of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal Tuesday inspected the Kelo dam and Kalma barrage in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district as part of field visits ahead of the final decision in the long-running water-sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Tribunal chairperson Justice Bela M Trivedi,...