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Two West Bengal workers electrocuted at Kanpur IP

Keonjhar: Two labourers died after reportedly suffering an electric shock while carrying out welding work at the Kanpur major irrigation project in Keonjhar district Sunday, police said. The deceased were identified as Uttam Ray and Apu Ray, both residents of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. They...

Chandbali court

Two constables suspended as rape accused flees

Chandbali: Two police constables were suspended Sunday after a rape accused escaped from the Chandbali court premises in Bhadrak district Thursday. The suspended officers, identified as Akshaya Das of Karanjamala police outpost and Ramakanta Sethi of Banshada police station, were escorting the accused when he...

Gangrape-Rayagada

Mentally challenged woman raped, killed

Kutra: A mentally challenged woman was raped and later murdered within the police limits in Sundargarh district, police said. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the case. The arrested suspect, identified as Deepak Chhura, 36, was produced before a court Sunday. Police have...

Locals panic as leopard sighted in Digapahandi

Locals panic as leopard sighted in Digapahandi

Digapahandi/Chikiti: Panic gripped Jakar village under Ratanei reserve forest area of Digapahandi forest range in Ganjam district after a leopard strayed into the village and devoured three goats. According to villagers, the wild animal entered a cowshed near Maa Ratanei temple and preyed on three...

Arrest

Three persons held for killing spotted deer in Odisha’s Ganjam

Berhampur: Odisha forest officials Sunday arrested three persons for allegedly killing a spotted deer in Ganjam district. Ghumusar North division DFO Himansu Sekhar Mohanty said the accused have been identified as Udaya Naik (51), Ramesh Swain (60) and Rajesh Nayak (26), all residents of Khapraganda....

Odisha Vigilance Raid

Odisha vigilance arrests six treasury employees in Rs 8 crore fraud case

Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance department Sunday arrested six treasury employees for their alleged involvement in an Rs 8 crore financial fraud, officials said. A former senior assistant of the sub-treasury office, Chandbali, along with five associates, was arrested for alleged misappropriation of government funds amounting to...

Elephant death

10-year-old elephant with bullet injuries found dead in Ganjam forest

Berhampur: A bullet-injured elephant carcass was recovered from Talaganda Nala under the North Ghumusar Forest Division in Odisha’s Ganjam district, sources said. Officials reportedly found the carcass Saturday evening. They suspected that the "around 10-year-old tusker" had been shot by poachers, reportedly from neighbouring Nayagarh...

Crime

Man kidnapped, killed in Odisha’s Rayagada

Rayagada: A man was allegedly kidnapped by miscreants at gunpoint, and later his body was found in Odisha's Rayagada district early Sunday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Nikhil Hadipa, a resident of Reli Sahi in Rayagada town. He was allegedly abducted by...

15 hospitalised in Balasore after consuming tea at wedding feast

80 fall ill after wedding feast

Khaprakhol: More than 80 residents of Bortia village under Rengali panchayat in Khaprakhol block of Bolangir district reportedly fell ill with diarrhoea and vomiting after attending a wedding feast, health officials said Saturday. According to local sources, nearly 40 people first developed the symptoms Thursday,...

Women block road over drinking water crisis

Purushottampur: Scores of women staged a road blockade in Ganjam district Saturday protesting an acute drinking water shortage in Bananai village under Bada kharida panchayat in Purushottampur block. Carrying empty pots and earthen pitchers, villagers blocked State Highway 31 connecting Aska and Humma, alleging that...

 

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