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Bhanjanagar: Residents have been demanding a new railway line connecting Gopalpur via Bhanjanagar and Redhakhol for a long time. While this demand remains unfulfilled, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government has shown renewed interest in advancing the project. In a significant move, the Odisha...

Keonjhar: In a freak mishap, a man from Badasahi in Mushakhori village under Patana police limits in Keonjhar district died after a tree branch fell on him while he was collecting firewood in a forest. The deceased was identified as Gobardhan Das. According to reports,...

Keonjhar: Police Tuesday detained a man who allegedly ransacked an ATM counter at a bank after finding Rs 110 erroneously deducted from his savings account. The accused was identified as Sanjay Patra, 25, of Talagaon village under Ghasipura police limits in the district. Police said...

Paralakhemundi: Manikapatna village under Rayagada block of Gajapati district has become a point of contention between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, with two Anganwadi centres (AWCs), one from each state, operating in the same village. The border panchayat of Gangabada, which has long been embroiled in...

Rourkela: A 100-km Ring Road around Rourkela is in the pipeline as Minister of Law, Works, and Excise Prithiviraj Harichandan, Saturday evening, made significant announcements for the Steel City during a public function. Harichandan outlined plans that are expected to bring significant development to Rourkela....

Sambalpur: Following a fresh probe over a high court order, police Monday arrested Pritiman Dey, 27, the male friend of the deceased girl student Chinmayee Priyadarshini Sahu of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla in Sambalpur district. The case was registered at...

Berhampur: A POCSO court here Monday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for raping a six-year-old girl about two years ago. Pranati Pattnaik, the additional district judge-cum-judge of the special court set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,...

Bhubaneswar: The people in Odisha are likely to get respite from prevailing hot weather conditions as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts thunderstorms and light rainfall in several districts during the next four days. Manorama Mohanty, director of Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, said thunderstorms with light...

Berhampur: A man was allegedly killed by an elderly person and his son over the selection of a site to stage a popular seasonal folk dance in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Monday. The deceased was identified as Jagdish Panigrahy (27) of Belagaon in the...

Nayagarh: Cooperative leaders have demanded a Vigilance inquiry into an alleged Rs 500 crore sugarcane farm loan scam that recently came to light in the Nayagarh district. The demand was raised by cooperative leader Sanyasi Pradhan during the district-level Cooperative Festival at the Zilla Parishad...