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Belpahad: Sonia Behera, a talented actor from western Odisha’s Mirror Theatre, has become the first woman from the state to secure admission to the three-year Diploma in Dramatic Arts programme at the National School of Drama (NSD) main campus in New Delhi. According to NSD...

Balangir/Bhawanipatna: Two government school teachers were among three arrested by Excise officials on charge of ganja smuggling at Bargaon Square on Belgaon–Saintala State Highway-26 in Balangir district Friday, sources said. Excise officials arrested three persons, including two government school teachers, on charges of ganja smuggling...

Balangir: A fire broke out at a market complex in Balangir district Friday, causing damage to several shops, including an electric two-wheeler showroom, police said Friday. Upon receiving information, fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and launched an operation to douse the blaze, a...

Bhubaneswar: Two boys were killed when lightning struck them while taking shelter under a tree in Odisha's Boudh district Friday, police said. The two deceased minors were identified as Biswajit Mardha and Charan Kumbhar. According to the police, the two boys were going to play...

Thuamul Rampur: After struggling for more than three decades, 63 tribal families from Semelpadar village in Kalahandi district have received individual forest land titles under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, marking a partial victory in their long-standing fight for legal ownership of their homesteads and...

Balangir: A fire broke out at a market complex in Odisha's Balangir district Friday, causing damage to several shops, including an electric two-wheeler showroom, police said Friday. Upon receiving information, fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and launched an operation to douse the blaze,...

Chhatrapur/Bhanjanagar: In a crackdown on cattle smuggling, police in Ganjam district intercepted vehicles transporting cattle illegally and rescued about 100 animals, sources said Thursday. Four people were arrested for allegedly smuggling cattle, mostly cows, from Gholapur near Baibali village under Bhanjanagar police limits to Kerala,...

Hatadihi: Police suspect a love affair may have led to the murder of a West Bengal woman whose decomposed body was recovered from a field in Balia area under Soso police limits in Kendujhar district. An alleged accomplice in the crime has been arrested, while...

Jharsuguda: Police in Jharsuguda district solved a sensational murder case within six hours, arresting a woman and her lover for the alleged murder of her husband. The accused, identified as Geeta Mirdha, 40, and Tikinu Kishan, 44, were arrested for allegedly killing Geeta’s husband, Sashtidhar...

Paikmal: In a distressing incident highlighting the persistence of social boycott, the family of an elderly woman reportedly had to carry her body to a cremation ground on a bicycle after villagers refused to help with her last rites in Bargarh district’s Paikmal area. The...