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Brahmapur: A 24-year-old woman was hospitalised with over 75 per cent burn injuries after she allegedly tried to end life by setting herself on fire at her in-laws’ house in Basudevnagar third lane under Nimakhandi police limits in Ganjam district Thursday. The woman, identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing deep sorrow and strong concern over ISKCON’s rejection of Puri Gajapati Maharaja Shri Dibyasingha Deb’s request to organise Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra abroad in accordance with the traditional Vedic date observed at the Puri Srimandir, the King of Khandapada estate, hereditary trustee of...

Buguda: At least 20 girl students of Sri Raghunath Swamy Girls’ High School at Balipadar here in Ganjam district were unable to secure admission to higher secondary courses Thursday after they failed to obtain their transfer certificates because the school’s suspended headmistress had not handed...

Hatadihi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Abhimanyu Sethi Wednesday alleged that members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were damaging the image of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi by organising protests targeting the state government, police and administration in the CM’s home district Kendujhar....

Tikiri/Rayagada: A minor girl consumed toxic wild fruit to end life after she was allegedly abducted and raped in the Bhalumaska area of Kashipur block in Rayagada district, police said Thursday. The incident occurred when she had gone to a nearby jungle to collect wild...

Dabugaon: A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor boy under these police limits in Nabarangpur district, police said Thursday. Police detained the minor boy in this connection and sent him to a Bal Sudhar Gruha (correction facility) in Bhabanipatana after he was produced...

Brahmapur: A man was arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district Thursday for allegedly killing a 60-year-old man over the non-payment of dues for the blood he donated to the victim's daughter, police said. The incident took place in Gopalpur area Wednesday. The accused has been identified...

Bhograi: Three brothers from Odisha's Baleshwar district are among 15 fishermen feared missing after a fishing trawler disappeared in rough seas off the West Bengal coast. The trawler, 'Maa Kali,' carrying 15 fishermen, left the Shankarpur Fishing Harbour in West Bengal Sunday. The vessel reportedly...

Kalahandi: An 11-year-old girl died after the 108 ambulance transporting her to a hospital reportedly developed a mechanical problem, delaying her treatment in Odisha’s Kalahandi district Thursday. The girl was being shifted from Narla Community Health Centre to Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College & Hospital, Bhawanipatna, when the ambulance...

Sambalpur: Four sluice gates of Hirakud Dam were opened Thursday to release season's first floodwater. At present, around 64,000 cusecs of floodwater is being discharged through the four sluice gates. Including releases through the power channel and the irrigation canal, the total discharge into the...