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Mahakalapara: A 10-foot breach occurred in a coastal embankment near Panikhia village under Nanjura panchayat in Mahakalapara block of Kendrapara district Wednesday after high tidal waves overflowed the coast. According to villagers, saline water entered agricultural fields through the breach in embankment, inundating nearly 100...

Nayagarh: The IIC of Sarankul police station in Nay agarh district was transferred, and a rape case registered against him, the Nayagarh Su perintendent of Police said at a presser held here Thursday. Sujit Kumar Das, the IIC of Sarankul police station, was transferred to...

Jharsuguda: Police conducted a surprise raid at Jharsuguda District Jail Thursday morning as part of a special drive to strengthen security and prevent the entry of prohibited items into the prison. The operation was carried out under the direct supervision of Jharsuguda Superintendent of Police...

Bhandaripokhari: A ward member of Sarasada pan chayat under this police limits in Bhadrak district was hacked to death by co-villagers over an encroachment drive being carried out on the village road Wednesday night, police said. The victim was identified as Jagan Sahu, 40, a...

Hatadihi: Keonjhar police Thursday arrested a 23-year-old man accused of attacking a police constable of Ghashipura police station and obstructing official duty. The arrest was made 18 days after the incident. The accused, identified as Rajat Kumar Jena, son of Sanatan Jena of Khadibila village,...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is set to visit her home district Mayurbhanj in Odisha, where she will participate in a host of developmental and social welfare programmes June 19 and 20, the President's Office said Thursday. The district is gearing up to give her a...

Keonjhar: Odisha's Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling Thursday had a narrow escape as his car rammed into the pilot vehicle of his convoy on National Highway-49 in Keonjhar district, police said. The accident took place near Jagmohan Square in Telkoi police station area when the minister...

Baripada: The discovery of fossilised shark teeth, molluscan shells and other marine remains at a site in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district has provided fresh evidence that present-day Baripada was once submerged under a shallow sea during the Miocene epoch, a researcher said Thursday. The fossils, estimated...

Angul: Two armed dacoits hailing from Maharashtra were injured in a gunfight with the police in Odisha's Angul district, an official statement said Thursday. Besides the two injured persons, two other dacoits, also from Maharashtra, were arrested after the encounter. After scrutinising CCTV footage, police...

Bhubaneswar: Schools reopened Thursday in 20 of Odisha's 30 districts after a summer vacation of more than one-and-a-half months, while authorities extended the break in 10 districts due to prevailing heatwave conditions. Summer vacation has been extended till June 20 in Bolangir, Sonepur, Ganjam, Angul,...