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Dhenkanal: A 23-year-old youth who had eloped with a minor girl to Mumbai died by suicide Friday, allegedly fearing police action, after returning to his village in Dhenkanal district. The deceased, identified as Benu Pani Sahu, a resident of Nimidha village under Motanga police limits,...

Baripada: Fraudsters have siphoned off government funds worth Rs 3.34 crore from multiple accounts of UCO Bank branches at Baripada and Betnoti in Mayurbhanj district, with cases registered at two police stations. According to sources, the fraud was carried out by changing registered mobile numbers...

Bolangir: A tragic incident unfolded at Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital in Bolangir Friday as a woman died after jumping from the hospital’s first-floor roof upon learning of her husband’s death. Police said Padmini Bag, 30, of Dumerbahal village in Puintala police station limits,...

Koraput: The state government has begun preliminary house listing and population enumeration for Census 2027 across 21 disputed villages in Kotia panchayat, with officials reaching even the most remote hamlets along the Andhra border. Local social worker Ranjit Pangi said the exercise is being conducted...

Bhubaneswar/Rengali: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday graced the joint venture and initiation of partnership between JSW Steel Limited and JFE Steel Corporation, Japan, a pivotal step in Odisha’s move from an iron-ore producer to a high-value steel manufacturing hub. This is Odisha’s first single...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under severe heatwave conditions Friday, with industrial town Jharsuguda recording the highest temperature in the state for the second consecutive day at 44.8 degrees Celsius, the IMD said. As many as 18 places, including Jharsuguda, recorded maximum temperatures of 40...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: In a major boost to Odisha's industrial sector, the state government Friday facilitated a joint venture between JSW Steel Limited and JFE Steel Corporation, attracting an investment of over Rs 15,000 crore from Japan for the expansion of a steel project in Sambalpur district,...

Kandhamal: A court in Odisha's Kandhamal district Friday sentenced a man to 10 year of rigorous imprisonment for sexual harassment of a 14-year-old girl in 2025. The court of Adhoc additional district & sessions judge (Fast Track Special Court), Phulbani, convicted the man, 19, and...

Balasore: Five persons were injured as a Kerala-bound bus overturned in Odisha's Balasore district Friday, police said. The accident took place near Sheragada square when the driver of the bus, in which 47 labourers from Assam were travelling to the southern state, lost control, they...

Bhubaneswar/Gajapati: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a detailed report from the Odisha Chief Secretary and the Superintendent of Police, Gajapati district, regarding the death of two girl students after an iron gate of a government primary school collapsed on them. The apex rights...