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Bhadrak: Minati Panda, Additional District Judge and Judge of the Fast Track Court-cum-POCSO Court in Bhadrak, has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs20,000 in a case of abduction and rape of a minor. The court ruled...

Champua: Three members of a family were killed, and another sustained critical injuries after a Mahindra Thar SUV crashed into a roadside tree near Rajia under Champua police limits in Kendujhar district while they were on their way to a hospital Wednesday night, police said....

Phulbani: Police seized properties worth over Rs4 crore of the kingpin of an interstate ganja smuggling ring in Kandhamal district and arrested another accused, sources said Thursday. The recent arrest takes the total number of arrests to nine, SP Ramendra Prasad said at a presser...

Baleshwar: A meeting was held at Fakir Mohan University (FMU) under the chairmanship of Aravind Agrawal, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Government of Odisha, to review the University’s academic, research, and developmental initiatives. The meeting was attended by Vice-Chancellor Prof Santosh Kumar Tripathy,...

Chhatrapur: A man identified as Arjun Jena allegedly smashed the glass doors of the Ayushman Arogya Mandir, a primary health centre in Ganjam town Thursday. The CCTV footage of the incident has since gone viral on social media. According to officials, Jena, a resident of...

Bhadrak: Two motorcyclists were killed after their bike was allegedly hit by an unidentified vehicle in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said Thursday. The accident took place on National Highway-16 near Yasotikiri within Bhandaripokhari block in the district Wednesday night. The deceased have been identified as...

Mayurbhanj: More than 50 girl students of a residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district fell ill after reportedly ‘consuming chhatua’ Thursday. The affected students, enrolled in Classes VI to X at Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Saragada under Bijatala block, complained of stomach pain, vomiting...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Wednesday issued a yellow warning for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds in several Odisha districts, including Puri, ahead of the Bahuda Yatra Friday. According to the weather office, till 8.30 am of Friday, heavy...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has revised the delegation of financial powers for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) along with Bhubaneswar and Raurkela smart cities, officials said Thursday. The revised framework, notified by the Housing & Urban Development Department, comes into force with immediate effect, superseding all previous...

Ganjam: Two persons were found positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, raising the total number of infected to three, officials said Thursday. All the three cases have been reported from the Ganjam district, they said. Director of Public Health Rabindranath Mishra said the two new patients...