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‘Fake’ constable arrested outside Anugola SP office

Anugola: Police arrested a man posing as an Odisha Police constable after he was found wandering suspiciously outside the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Anugola Thursday. The accused, identified as Rabi Narayan of Chhendipada, was wearing a police constable’s uniform complete with...

Forest dept rescues 297 live, 113 dead seagulls; one held

Forest dept rescues 297 live, 113 dead seagulls; one held

Baleshwar: Forest department personnel rescued 297 live and 113 dead seagulls and arrested a poacher during a raid on illegal bird hunting activities in the sea near Subarnadandi under Bhograi block in Baleshwar district, officials said Thursday. The accused was identified as 22-year-old Kali Charan...

HC acquits accused in 23-yr-old murder

Cuttack/Baripada: Observing that “a case of murder cannot be proved on mere hunches or possibilities” and that courts cannot presume a witness is truthful solely because of his relationship with the victim, the Orissa High Court has acquitted a man who was convicted two decades...

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VB-G RAM G rolled out across Odisha

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme VB-G RAM G Act was implemented across Odisha Thursday, officials said. The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen), which replaced MGNREGA, was rolled out in different district headquarters in the presence of local MPs, MLAs, district collectors, gram...

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Man, wife and son held for killing relative in Ganjam

Brahmapur: Odisha Police Thursday arrested a man, his wife and son for allegedly hacking to death one of his relatives over a family dispute, in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said. The incident took place near Pilipada under Gangapur police station limits of the district Wednesday,...

Headmaster suspended for attending school ‘intoxicated’ in Bhadrak

Bhadrak: Authorities in Odisha's Bhadrak district Thursday suspended the headmaster of a government school after he was allegedly found consuming alcohol during school hours and later attending classes in an intoxicated condition, officials said. Chandabali Block Education Officer (BEO) Suvendu Maharaj placed Srinath Das, headmaster...

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Amit Shah’s three-day Odisha visit from July 3 postponed

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled three-day visit to Odisha from July 3 has been postponed due to official engagements in New Delhi, state BJP president Manmohan Samal said. "The Home Minister's Odisha visit is postponed due to some engagements in Delhi. The next...

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NALCO bauxite project sparks fresh protest in Odisha’s Koraput

Pottangi: Opposition to the proposed bauxite mining project in the Serubandh Hills of Koraput district intensified as local residents and members of the Serubandh Suraksha Samiti renewed their protest against mining operations planned by the National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO). Alleging that the project would...

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Saintala grapples with water crisis; stir looms

Saintala: More than 10,000 residents of Saintala town in Bolangir district are grappling with an acute drinking water shortage, triggering public resentment over administrative inaction and stalled drinking water supply infrastructure projects. Despite significant government spending under BASUDHA scheme, residents continue to struggle for potable...

 

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