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Paradip: Production remained suspended Thursday at the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) fertiliser plant in Paradip, regarded as Asia’s largest fertiliser manufacturing facility, following a shortage of imported raw materials caused by disruptions in Middle East shipping routes. Plant officials said supplies of key...

Joda: A student committed suicide by hanging Wednesday evening after failing in the Plus II examination in Keonjhar district. The deceased was identified as Shubham Pradhan, son of Deb Narayan Pradhan, a resident of the Railway Colony area near Jurudi under Bamebari police limits in...

Bargarh: Police in Bargarh district Thursday arrested a rape accused who had reportedly remained absconding for 16 years. The accused, identified as Sahadev alias Gangadhar Pandey, 42, of Mahada village under Bhatli police station limits, was produced before a court in Bargarh and later remanded...

Belguntha: Three persons allegedly died of heatstroke in separate incidents in Buguda and Belguntha blocks of Ganjam district Thursday. The deceased were identified as Daktar Swain, a Class-IV employee of People’s College in Buguda, Sudhir Chandra Swain, a farmer and LIC agent of Chilikhama village...

Sonepur: The Mahanadi and Tel rivers flowing through Subarnapur district have emerged as vital centres of biodiversity, drawing attention on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity today. Widely regarded as the lifeline of Odisha, the Mahanadi River is not only a major...

Baripada: A melanistic tiger, popularly known as a black tiger, has allegedly been poached in Similipal National Park, with Forest officials arresting three persons while they were reportedly attempting to sell the animal’s skin, an official said Thursday. During a press briefing during the day,...

Bhadrak: A 19-year-old college student was found hanging inside the bathroom of his house in Odisha's Bhadrak district Thursday, police said. The deceased was identified as Sambit Biswal, a second-year Commerce student of a local degree college. The incident took place at Patharadi village in...

Keonjhar: At least three persons were killed, and another was injured when a tent house in which they were resting collapsed during a nor'wester that wreaked havoc in Odisha's Keonjhar Thursday, police said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed grief over the incident and announced...

Berhampur: The mortal remains of a worker from Odisha, who was killed in a drone attack in Moscow, were brought back to the state Thursday, officials said. Anjarana Ramaya (30), a resident of Madhabandha village in Chikiti block of Ganjam district, had been working for...

Paralakhemundi: A vegetable vendor’s daughter has brought laurels to Gajapati district by emerging as the science stream topper in the Plus Two examinations with 99.03%. Naismita Sahu, a resident of Betarsing village under Mohana block, secured 560 marks out of 600 in the Council of...