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Chhatrapur: An unidentified woman’s body was found floating near the Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha’s Ganjam district, sources said Wednesday. The identity of the deceased has not yet been established. The woman’s body was found in front of the Gangadevi temple in Purunabandha village under...

Kendrapada: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a fresh Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Jajpur, and the Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Jajpur, in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old college student and...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam Police busted a fraud ring that duped unemployed youths of lakhs of rupees under the guise of providing employment. Chhatrapur police arrested Panchanan Panda (42), a native of the Dhusuri area in Bhadrak district, in connection with defrauding a youth of Rs 50,000....

Bhubaneswar: Maoist leader Azad alias D Kesava Rao has been released from Jharpada Jail Tuesday evening after spending around 15 years as undertrial prisoner (UTP) after the Special Court in Paralakhemundi acquitted him of all the charges as he was accused with 48 criminal cases,...

Bhubaneswar: Around 6,000 female National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers will collect nutrition-related data of children enrolled at nearly 23,000 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across Odisha under the first phase of the Suposhit Odisha Mission, aimed at contributing to a healthier and better-nourished state, officials said. A...

Jharpokharia: Six students staying at the Saraswati Sishu Mandir hostel in Sarasakana, Mayurbhanj district, fled the hostel by scaling its boundary wall late Monday night, school authorities said. Police launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from the school authorities and have been searching for...

Bhadrak: In a tale of survival, a man who went missing after being swept away by the floodwaters of the Pochara River was rescued Tuesday after he spent five days clinging to a palm tree in Odisha's Bhadrak district, officials said. The survivor, identified as...

Lanjigada: In what has once again highlighted the lack of all-weather roads in remote pockets of the state, a woman and her newborn daughter had to be carried on a stretcher for nearly half a km to reach the ambulance waiting at a distance in...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has come to the aid of flood-hit villagers in Pattamundai block of Kendrapada district, directing the state government to ensure the immediate deployment of an adequate number of power and manual boats to restore connectivity for residents cut off by...

Malkangiri: Odisha Vigilance Department Tuesday arrested a revenue inspector for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from a caste certificate applicant, officials said. Suraj Bala, the revenue inspector of Jharapali circle in Malkangiri district, was apprehended while receiving the bribe amount from...