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Youth hacked to death; three detained in Odisha

Bhadrak: Days after a cricketer was shot dead following a suspected drunken brawl during a feast in Cuttack, a 24-year-old budding cricketer was hacked to death by assailants during Dola Melana festival at Gunthunia Bazaar under Bhadrak Town police limits late Sunday night. The deceased...

Rape

Juvenile detained for rape of minor

Kendrapara: Patkura police in Kendrapara district have detained a 17-year-old juvenile for his alleged involvement in the rape of a nine-year-old girl, police said. The incident reportedly occurred on the night of March 3 under Patkura police limits. Police stated that the juvenile had gone...

Pakistan High Commission in London

Anganwadi workers warn stir outside Parliament

Chhatrapur: The Nikhila Odisha Anganwadi Karmi Sangh, at the conclusion of a two-day summit in Chhatrapur, warned it would hold a three-day protest outside the Parliament in New Delhi from April 21 to 23 if the government fails to meet its demands. The workers’ union,...

Road mishaps claim 7 lives

Jamankira/Keonjhar/Jatni/Rajgangpur: As many as eight persons, including a toddler, were killed in separate incidents of road mishaps in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Khurda and Sundargarh districts Monday. In the first incident, three youths were killed after a truck collided head-on with their motorcycle near Dimirimunda Chhak under...

Odisha worker dies in Qatar; family seeks help

Berhampur: Family members of a migrant worker from Odisha, who died in his workplace in Qatar, appealed to the government to bring his body back to his village in Ganjam district. The Arab country has been affected by the West Asia conflict. An officer of...

Dharakote police station

One killed, three injured in Ganjam ice-cream factory blast

Berhampur: A man was killed, and three others were injured in a blast at an ice-cream making unit in Odisha's Ganjam district Monday, police said. The incident took place at Talapatna village within Dharakote police station limits. The deceased has been identified as Bideshi Pradhan...

Trains cancelled for cyclone Yaas

Assam man dies after falling from running train in Odisha

Balasore: A 43-year-old man from Assam died when he fell from a running train in Odisha's Balasore district, police said Monday. The deceased was identified as Niran Biswas of Chintagaon village in Assam's Udalguri district, they said. The incident happened near Sabira rail station Sunday...

 

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