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Angul: Personnel of the Angul Forest Division have conducted combing operations in various reserve forests under the division across the region. The primary objective behind this initiative is to monitor wildlife activity, particularly elephant movement and curb illegal activities such as poaching and encroachments in...

Chhatrapur: A grievance hearing was jointly conducted Monday by Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan and Ganjam Superintendent of Police Subhendu Kumar Patra at the DRDA complex, where 194 cases were heard and resolved in the presence of both officials. According to the Collector, 183 cases...

Berhampur: A woman doctor from Berhampur, soon to turn 100, has shown remarkable generosity by donating her lifelong savings to support healthcare development. Identified as Professor Dr K Lakshmibai, a retired obstetrician and gynaecologist, has donated Rs 3.4 crore to All India Institute of Medical...

Rourkela: A Government Railway Police (GRP) constable posted at the office of the Rourkela Railway Superintendent of Police died by hanging Sunday night at his residence in Basanti Colony here, officials said Monday. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Ahmad Hussain, 48. He lived with...

Sonepur: Celebrated weaver Prafulla Meher has created an exceptional wall hanging featuring all 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita’s 18 chapters, woven entirely in fine Ikat (Bandha) technique. The work will be unveiled Monday to mark ‘Gita Jayanti’. Meher, 63, a passionate weaver of Gokarneswarpada in...

Keonjhar: Tension flared at the Keonjhar district headquarters hospital (DHH) following the death of a woman after childbirth allegedly due to medical negligence in the maternity ward. Family members of the deceased, supported by local residents, staged a protest Sunday demanding strict action against the...

Nilagiri: At a time when back-to-back elephant deaths in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary under Balasore district have raised serious concern, forest officials Sunday morning discovered yet another elephant carcass in a highly decomposed state after a gap of barely a month. According to officials, forest personnel...

Bhadrak: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal in Odisha suffered a setback in Bhadrak district after three block chairpersons resigned from the party, a BJD functionary said Sunday. Banta block chairperson Manoranjan Ghadei, Urmila Nayak of Bhadrak and Bhandaripokhari's Sumati Sethi have resigned from the BJD...

Bhubaneswar: Police have busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit in Odisha's Nayagarh district and arrested two persons in this connection, an officer said Sunday. Based on specific inputs, a team of Ranpur police station in the district conducted a raid in a house at Godipada...

Paradip: A fire broke out at a cargo ship docked in Paradip Port in Odisha while loading of thermal coal, officials said Sunday. The blaze erupted at 12.55 am when thermal coal was being loaded onto Eco Colonel Monorvia through a conveyor belt at Chennai...