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Koraput: In a decisive action against land encroachment, the Koraput administration has demolished an illegal eco-retreat that had come up at Talamali, a major tourist attraction in Semiliguda block, officials said Friday. Revenue officials and police personnel jointly carried out the enforcement drive. Around 70...

Nilagiri: The headmaster and an assistant teacher of Begunia UGUP School in Nilagiri block of Balasore district were suspended Friday after a video showing a Class IV boy chained to his bed in the school hostel went viral. Acting on the direction of the Nilagiri...

Brajarajnagar: Vigilance officials Friday arrested a forester attached to the Bandhabahal section of the Brajarajnagar forest range in Jharsuguda district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. According to Vigilance sources, Forester Gauranga Sahu had demanded the bribe from a resident for permitting the...

Keonjhar: Forest officials Friday discovered the carcass of a female elephant, estimated to be 8-10 years old, near Kasada village under the Suakati section of the Bhuyan Juanga Pirha range in the Keonjhar forest division. Although the exact cause of death has not yet been...

Kendrapara: During an ongoing verification drive aimed at identifying suspected Bangladeshi immigrants in this coastal district, law-enforcement authorities have so far identified three individuals believed to be illegal settlers, officials said. Police sources confirmed that the verification of several other suspected immigrants is still underway....

Berhampur: Odisha forest officials have seized two fishing trawlers from Andhra Pradesh for alleged illegal fishing near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district, violating the seasonal ban, an official said Friday. The trawlers, containing over 70 kg of fish were seized, and eight fishermen...

Jajpur: Two police officers in Odisha's Jajpur have been transferred to the district police headquarters, as they were involved in a fight inside a police station, an official said. Superintendent of Police Yash Pratap Shrimal transferred Alkund police station Inspector-in-charge (IIC) Debashis Satpathy and assistant...

Bhadrak/Chhatrapur: Two young women lost their lives in separate road accidents along the busy National Highway-16 Thursday, triggering public outrage, protests, and renewed calls for stronger road-safety measures. In Bhadrak district, a college student, Shraddhanjali Panda of Bhandaripokhari College, was killed after a sand-laden tractor...

Sambalpur: A day after the body of a 15-year-old girl was recovered from a drain in Shantinagar under Ainthapali police limits here, her kin Thursday alleged that she had been murdered. The deceased, identified as Saishraddha Mishra, was the granddaughter of Ashok Kumar Mishra and...

Balasore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 128th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat' was broadcast across polling booths nationwide November 30, with the Basta Assembly constituency once again topping participation in Odisha. According to local organisers, Booth Number-257 in the Basta Assembly constituency achieved hundred per cent...