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Balasore: The Cyber police in Balasore Sunday detained a woman for allegedly misusing the name and photograph of Pahalgam terror attack victim Prashant Satapathy to fraudulently collect money using social media. Satapathy, who died in the attack in Jammu and Kashmir April 22, has been...

Khaira: Allegations have surfaced regarding the misappropriation of funds under ‘Shubhadra Sachetanata’ awareness programme in Khaira block of Balasore district with residents of 37 panchayats calling for a high-level probe into the matter. The state government had launched a statewide awareness campaign March 5 to...

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said investment valued at Rs 1 lakh crore will be brought to Ganjam district. More than one lakh people would get employment in the industrial units to be set up with that investment, Majhi told reporters after...

Berhampur: Three persons, including two brothers, were killed in two different places in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday, a police officer said. While two brothers were beaten to death allegedly by some miscreants under the Beguniapada police limits, a 35-year-old man was killed allegedly by his...

Berhampur: Police Sunday arrested a person for allegedly killing his four-year-old niece after raping her in Odisha’s Ganjam district few days back. As per the statement issued by the police, the victim girl went missing in the evening April 25. The family members and villagers...

Berhampur: A 26-year-old man lodged in a jail in Odisha's Ganjam district in a rape case married the survivor on the premises of the prison Sunday, officials said. The marriage was solemnised in the jail premises in the presence of the family members of the...

Jajpur: A woman was allegedly kidnapped by the driver of an auto-rickshaw -- which she hailed while returning home from work -- gang-raped and then stabbed multiple times, police said. The incident happened in Odisha's Jajpur town on the night of April 22, but it...

Bhadrak: Two persons were killed and another injured after their motorcycle crashed into a protection wall of a bridge on NH 16 in Odisha's Bhadrak district Sunday, police said. According to police, three persons from West Bengal were travelling towards Cuttack on a motorcycle. The...

Bhubaneswar: Three boys allegedly drowned in a pond in Odisha's Nayagarh district Sunday, police said. The incident happened in Godibida village in Daspalla block. The boys were bathing in the village pond after attending a wedding when the incident happened, they said. Locals rescued the...

Berhampur: The traditional arts and crafts have come alive in Odisha's Berhampur during the ongoing biennial Budhi Thakurani Yatra, with chariots of the deity and storytelling arts being exhibited in various locations across the Silk City. The 25-day-long festival, which started April 3, will end...