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Balasore: Three wagons of a goods train derailed in Balasore district Friday, officials said. There was no report of any injury in the goods train derailment at Rupsa station in the Bhadrak-Kharagpur section of South Eastern Railway (SER), they said. The incident occurred at around...

Nabarangpur: Forest officials arrested three persons and seized a leopard hide during a late-night operation in the Kodinga forest range of Nabarangpur district, officials said. The accused were identified as Dasaru Harijan, Balaram Das and Dhansingh Das, all residents of Deulakana under Jharigaon block. They...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam police have launched Operation Anweshan to trace missing women and children across the district and rescued 46 persons within two days of the drive. According to police, the operation has so far led to the rescue of 35 women and 11 minors, including...

Bargaon: Police in Sundargarh district arrested two men for allegedly circulating obscene photographs and videos of a young woman on social media, officials said Friday. The accused were identified as Pramod Kumar Dip, 38, and Kshirod Kumar Gandha, 32, both residents of Jarangloi village under...

Pallahara: An elephant calf was rescued by forest officials after it got trapped in a fishing net in the Rengali River near Haripur village in Pallahara, Angul district. The calf became entangled in the net while crossing the river Thursday evening, authorities said. Following a...

Berhampur: Doctors at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here have successfully performed a rare surgery to remove a tumour from the spine of an 18-year-old girl student, hospital authorities said. The patient, Manisha Jena of Dengapadar village under Kukudakhandi block in Ganjam district, had...

Koraput/Nandapur: The Koraput district administration has issued an order prohibiting the sale of non-vegetarian food items across the district on the occasion of Republic Day. The directive was issued through an official notification (Letter No. 93 dated January 23, 2026) by the office of District...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday put on hold the proposed all-party meeting on the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh, and asserted that it was committed to safeguard the river which is a "heritage" for the people. This was stated by Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo,...

Bhubaneswar/Dhenkanal: Congress leader and party's General Secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal, Friday condemned the alleged attack on a pastor and members of the Christian community in the Parjang area of Odisha's Dhenkanal district January 4, and demanded the immediate arrest of all those involved. In a...

Bhubaneswar: Several programmes were held across Odisha Friday to mark the birth anniversaries of freedom fighters Subhas Chandra Bose and Veer Surendra Sai. Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik were among the leaders who paid...