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Berhampur: Odisha Police have arrested three burglars involved in five theft cases and recovered looted properties over Rs 35 lakh from them in Ganjam district, police said Sunday. The accused persons have been identified as Chintu Sethy (28), the prime accused, Deepak Kumar Pattanaik (33)...

Sambalpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday laid the foundation stone for a mega water supply project worth Rs 451.24 crore with the aim to provide 24-hour safe drinking water to the people of Sambalpur city. CM Majhi laid the foundation stone in Sambalpur...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Two passengers injured in the emergency crash landing of a small aircraft near Rourkela in Odisha were airlifted to Mumbai for treatment, while another injured person is under ventilator support, a senior official said Sunday. At least six people, including two pilots, were injured...

Bhubaneswar: A three-member team of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Sunday started its probe into the crash landing of a small aircraft near Rourkela, a senior official said. At least six people were injured when a nine-seater aircraft of India One made an emergency...

Nandapur: A sharp rise in egg prices has begun to affect government-run nutrition programmes such as MDM schemes in Koraput district, particularly in Nandapur block, where there is no local egg production. Officials said the increased prices are impacting egg supply to anganwadi centres, midday...

Bargarh/Attabira: Farmers in Bargarh district intensified their protest Saturday against alleged mismanagement in the ongoing kharif paddy procurement process, prompting the police to detain at least 60 protesters after they blocked a national highway. Although nearly two months have passed since the process began in...

Bhoharai: With Makar Sankranti approaching, more than 1 crore pilgrims are expected to attend the annual Ganga Sagar Mela on Sagar Island at the confluence of the Ganga River and the Bay of Bengal in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, officials said. West Bengal...

Kuanrmunda: An Anganwadi assistant was stabbed to death by her lover Friday evening under the Kuanrmunda police outpost of Sundargarh district, police said. The victim was identified as Sikha Swapna Kullu, 36, of Gobira Girjatola area. The accused, identified as the deceased’s lover Mukesh Kullu,...

Bhanjanagar: Police arrested a suspected poacher and seized two illegal firearms from his possession during a late-night operation in the Ghumusar North forest division of Ganjam district, officials said Saturday. The arrest was made Friday night in the Khurudugochha forest area under Tarasing police station...

Sambalpur: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday unveiled 25 development projects worth over Rs 948 crore in Sambalpur, and stated that his government was committed to the development of the western Odisha district. Majhi, who is on a two-day visit to Sambalpur, began the day...