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Kendrapara: A 74-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after an explosion ripped through a suspected illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said Friday. The incident occurred Thursday night at Ostarahat village under the jurisdiction of Marshaghai police station. The injured woman, identified as...

Kendrapara: The decomposed body of a 23-year-old Dalit man, who had been missing for over a week, was recovered from a bush in Odisha's Kendrapara district Friday, a day after a person was arrested on suspicion of murd*r, police said. Gouranga Sethi of Mahadeipatana village...

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed and 16 others sustained injuries in two separate road accidents reported from Angul and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha Friday. In the first incident, a helper of a private bus was killed and ten passengers were injured after the bus collided...

Angul/Baripada: An elephant, which remained confined inside a transport truck for nearly 36 hours after being tranquilised, will finally be shifted to the Kanchinda Wildlife Rescue Centre near Bangiriposi in Mayurbhanj district, forest officials said Friday. The prolonged delay in relocating the rogue elephant has...

Rayagada: Villagers staged a blockade on National Highway-326 near Kumbhikota village under Rayagada Sadar block Friday, protesting a reported prolonged drinking water shortage that disrupted daily life. The agitation began around 7 am, bringing traffic on the Rayagada-Koraput highway to a standstill. Men and women...

Bhadrak: Odisha Vigilance Thursday apprehended a junior assistant posted in the office of the District Education Officer (DEO) in Bhadrak while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a representative of a private school. The accused has been identified as Srikanta Kumar...

Baripada: Authorities of Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) Friday shared a rare photograph of a melanistic tigress with her cubs. Sharing the picture on X, STR said, "Rare capture of melanistic tigress with her 3 melanistic cubs." According to STR officials, the cubs have adapted...

Patana: Tension flared in Begana village under Patana police limits in Keonjhar district Thursday after a Booth Level Officer (BLO) was allegedly manhandled and briefly detained by villagers protesting discrepancies in the voter list. The incident occurred during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of...

Rajnagar: Police have registered a case against six persons, including an Ex cise sub-inspector (SI), an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), two constables and an alleged bootlegger for allegedly assaulting and harassing a youth who repeatedly complained against illegal liquor sales in Kendrapara district. The accused include...

Angul: An elephant calf that got trapped in a mud dy pond inside Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary was rescued by forest officials Thursday after a nearly 90-minute long oper ation. The incident occurred near Bargotha village under Tainsi panchayat in Pampasar forest range of the sanctuary...