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Raurkela: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) sealed three units of Agrasen Sponge at Rajgangpur in Sundaragada district for allegedly violating pollution control norms. The action was carried out Saturday by the OSPCB’s Raurkela regional office under the direction of Additional Chief Environmental Scientist...

Digapahandi: A 62-year-old woman died after she collapsed while attending a community feast in Ganjam district Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as A Mahalakshmi of Gola Sahi in Basudevpur village under Digapahandi block. The incident occurred at around 2:30 pm while she was having...

Kendujhar: A 48-year-old man was killed in an elephant attack at Talarad huan village under the Bhuyan Juang Pirha Forest Range in Kendujhar district Saturday night, officials said. The victim, identified as Narottam Juang, was returning home from work when he encountered the elephant near...

Brahmapur: Two minor girls were allegedly sex ually abused by their own kin under Gosani Nuagaon police limits here in Ganjam district, with police in the Brahmapur police district arresting two men in this connection after registration of two separate cases, authorities said Sunday. Police...

Bari: Aditri Saikri ti Jena, a promising young badminton player from Jajpur, won the gold medal in the girls’ under-9 category at the Yonex-Sunrise OSBA All Odisha Mini (U-9 and U-11) and Sub-Junior (U-13) State Ranking Badminton Tournament, recently organised by the District Badminton Association,...

Bhubaneswar/Brahmapur: The death of an elderly widow in Odisha's Ganjam district after an alleged three-month delay in receiving her social security pension was not an isolated incident but the “outcome of a wider collapse in the state's pension delivery system that left nearly 18 lakh...

Sambalpur: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and strangled by her boyfriend in Odisha's Sambalpur district, police said Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Sarita Sa, a resident of Kusumi Mahulaguda village in Mahulapali police station area. She worked at a beauty parlour in...

Sambalpur: Hirakud Dam authorities Sunday opened four sluice gates to release floodwater after the reservoir level rose due to heavy inflows from the upper catchment following continuous rainfall. According to sources, three gates on the left spillway and one on the right spillway have been...

Sambalpur/Kuchinda: In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old beautician was abducted and killed in the Kuchinda area of Sambalpur district, police said Saturday. The victim was identified as Sarita Sa, a resident of Kusumi Mahulaguda village under Mahulpali police limits. She worked at a beauty parlour...

Udala: An official inquiry has been launched after a lady teacher allegedly thrashed four hostel students brutally with a plastic pipe at a private residential school in Mayurbhanj district after they left the campus without permission to watch the Rath Yatra procession. The incident occurred...