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Umarkot: The naked and mutilated body of a woman was found in a reserved forest beside a canal in Nabarangpur district Friday, with police suspecting that she was murdered. The body was discovered near Chikalpadar in Umarkot block. The woman is believed to be more...

SARAT KUMAR DHAL, OP Pottangi: Political tension mounted along the disputed Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border Friday after a 16-member delegation from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) confronted election campaign workers of a political party from Andhra Pradesh in the border territory of Kotia gram panchayat. The standoff...

Nabarangpur: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has intervened in an alleged case of social boycott involving the family of former Nabarangpur MLA Sadasiva Pradhani, directing the district collector to investigate the matter and submit an action-taken report (ATR) within four weeks. The complaint was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approached the Supreme Court over Andhra Pradesh’s move to conduct local body elections in parts of the disputed Kotia region, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Friday. Pujari said the Koraput Collector has filed a petition against the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday put all districts on high alert as a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 26, officials said. India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest bulletin, said the low-pressure area formed...

Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: An Odisha government engineer was arrested Friday after searches at seven locations unearthed three multi-storey buildings, a farmhouse, three high-value plots and nearly 750 grams of gold, officials said. Tapan Sethi, an assistant executive engineer (AEE) in the Roads and Buildings Department in Badachana...

Jajpur: A 62-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Odisha's Jajpur district Friday, officials said. The incident took place around 5.30 am in Bandhapalli village in Badachana police station area when Jagannath Rout came out of his house to go to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari Friday assured the public that the state government is fully prepared and has completed all the preparations to tackle the impending cyclonic system. While speaking to media persons, Pujari urged the people not to panic as...

Kendrapada: A motorcycle theft racket was busted in Odisha's Kendrapada district Friday as the police apprehended eight people, including a minor, officials said. A location in the Kendrapada Sadar police station area was raided on the basis of a tip-off, and 11 stolen motorcycles were...

Brahmapur: Odisha Police has arrested 470 people for gambling and seized around Rs 12.65 lakh during a crackdown in Ganjam and Brahmapur police districts ahead of Kumar Purnima, a festival celebrated by youths, police said Friday. On Wednesday night, police arrested 167 people and seized...