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Korukonda: A couple was hacked to death and their 12-year-old son sustained critical injuries after a man allegedly broke into their house and attacked the family with a sharp-edged weapon while they were asleep late Saturday night in Malkangiri district. The incident took place in...

Paralakhemundi: Six tribal families in Saura Sabara village under Sabara panchayat in Gosani block of Gajapati district were forced to spend five days and nights in dilapidated houses during Cyclone Arn ab, having been deprived of government housing benefits despite repeated appeals to the authorities....

Nayagada: The decomposed body of a man who had been missing for three days was recovered from a buried site near Dabakhola stream, close to Kutibari village under Tumandi panchayat in Nayagada district, Sunday. The deceased, identified as Biranchi Naik, belonged to Asanibere na village...

Kendrapada: The state government Sunday enforced a seven-month ban on fishing in the sea within 20 km of the coast around the mouths of Dhamara, Devi and Rushikulya rivers to protect Olive Ridley turtles during their annual breeding and nesting season, officials said. The prohibition...

Digapahandi: The death of yet another migrant worker from Digapahandi block in Ganjam district has brought renewed attention to the plight of migrant labourers from Odisha. Prashant Kumar Panda, alias Mitu, 38, of Premnagar Sahi in Bhismagiri village, died in Mumbai Saturday evening. Prashant had...

Brahmapur: A 62-year-old farmer reportedly died by suicide after floodwaters destroyed his crops in Batilikana village under Sheragada block in Ganjam district. The deceased, Arjun Panda, had cultivated paddy and vegetables across approximately 7.4 acres of land, including 2.4 acres of his own land and...

Marshaghai: The Marsaghai police have arrested two men for the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old intellectually disabled woman in Odisha’s Kendrapada district. The accused have been identified as Dhaneshwar Nath (27), alias Dhana, of Sanagaon village, and Subrat Behera (40) of Jadupur village. Following their...

Malkangiri: A man and his wife were hacked to death and their minor son was critically injured by a neighbour when the family was sleeping at their home in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said Sunday. The incident took place at Malkangiri village (MV-36) under Orkel...

Brahmapur: A 51-year-old farmer allegedly ended his life in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday by drinking pesticides, with his family claiming that crop damage due to heavy rains brought by Cyclone Arnab forced him to take the extreme step. Agriculture and revenue officials visited his house...

Baripada: Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district opened Sunday for tourists after remaining closed for the monsoon season, according to a notice. The public notice, issued by the authorities of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), said a maximum of 60 four-wheelers will be allowed...