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Thuamul Rampur: Kalahandi has become the centre of attention over massive industrialisation moves, official mining notifications, and growing tribal resistance for land rights. According to the State Department of Steel and Mines’ May 29 notification, the e-auction for the mining lease of the Karlapat Bauxite...

Bhubaneswar/Dhenkanal: Forest department suspended a forester, a day after exhumation of the carcass of a wild elephant from a farm in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, officials said Tuesday. A 'makhana' (a male elephant without tusk) was allegedly electrocuted to death, and its body was secretly buried...

Thuamul Rampur: A heart-wrenching incident unfolded in Kalahandi Monday when a private Bolero driver allegedly abandoned the body of a deceased patient, along with his elderly wife and relatives, in a lonely forest near Tentulipadar Chhak on the Thuamul Rampur–Bhawanipatna road, leaving the grieving family...

Bhubaneswar/Rairangpur: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Odisha government's second anniversary celebrations at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district June 20, according to a statement. A grand public meeting will be organised in Rairangpur, the hometown of President Murmu, to mark the...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Tuesday constituted a fact-finding team to inquire into the tragic death of a 32-year-old physically disabled person due to alleged custodial torture at the Kabisuryanagar police station in Odisha's Ganjam district. As per a press statement issued by...

Baripada: Tigress Zeenat, translocated from Maharashtra in 2024, has given birth to four cubs in Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve, Forest Minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia said Tuesday. The tigress delivered the cubs around 20 days ago, and both the mother and cubs are healthy, he said....

Bhubaneswar: Private bus fares in Odisha were revised upward Tuesday following an increase in diesel prices, the State Transport Authority (STA) said. The revised rates increase fares for all categories of private buses operating in the state. The fare for ordinary buses has been raised...

Koraput: The Congress Tuesday lashed out at the Modi government over protests by villagers in Odisha's Koraput district against alleged violations of the law to "bulldoze clearances" for bauxite mining, and said Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram should be concerned as to why such agitations...

Baripada: Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district has once again drawn attention as a unique wildlife habitat after the sighting of an Indian mouse deer (Moschiola indica), one of the world’s smallest and most primitive hoofed mammals. A photograph of the elusive animal, recently captured...

Dasamantpur: A 17-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide at Shukraput village in Koraput district after reportedly losing money in IPL betting and fearing a reprimand from his father, police said. The deceased was identified as Tanmaya Lamta, son of Ha ladhar Lamta of the village....