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Baripada: A female elephant that was undergoing treatment after allegedly consuming explosive-laced food, succumbed to its injuries Saturday, raising serious questions about wildlife security and the Forest Department’s response. Animal activists alleged that the forest department attempted to suppress information about the death. Wildlife activists...

Dunguripali: At least 20 passengers were injured including three of them critical after a picnic bus carrying schoolchildren, teachers and parents for picnic rammed into a stationary paddy laden tractor from rear near Salepali on the Dunguripali–Rampur road in Subarnapur district Tuesday morning, police said....

Bhadrak: Right-wing groups Tuesday held demonstrations in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur and Bhadrak districts over the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. While the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) led the demonstration in Jagatsinghpur, local outfit Hindu Samaj held a rally in Bhadrak. VHP's Jagastsinghpur district president Prafulla Sahu...

Baripada: A modern bus terminal will be built at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district, and it will have airport-like facilities, Odisha's Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Tuesday. Chairing a meeting on the project, Mahapatra said the new bus terminal will be a landmark public...

Berhampur: A court in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for killing a 55-year-old man two years ago, a government counsel said. Ganjam District and Sessions Judge Asanta Kumar Das pronounced the judgment on 29-year-old Biju Behera for killing Juria Bisoi,...

Malkangiri: Twenty-two Maoists Tuesday surrendered before police in Odisha's Malkangiri district, an officer said. The surrendered Maoists handed over nine firearms and 150 live rounds of ammunition, 20 kg of explosives, 13 IEDs, gelatin sticks, and other articles in the presence of Odisha DGP Y...

Jharigaon: Farmers staged a blockade in three blocks of Nabarangpur district Monday to protest delays in opening of mandis, distress sale of paddy and maize, and a sharp cut in maize prices to Rs 600 per quintal. The agitation led by the Chashi Mahasangh affected...

Bonai/Lahunipara: A young man and a woman drowned in Brahmani river near Biratola temple under Chandiposh police limits in Sundargarh district Monday. The deceased were identifi ed as Gyanendra Swain and D Monalisa Rao, both residents of Rourkela area. Chandiposh police registered two unnatural death...

Bhawanipatna: A retired supervisor of the Health department was found murdered at her residence and her gold jewellery missing at Gadiajor village under Dharmagarh police limits in Kalahandi district, police said Monday. “The deceased, identified as Suchitra Khuntia, 62, had injuries on her neck and...

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administrationMonday sealed a private hospital here following protests by local residents following the death of a 30-year old man allegedly because of medical negligence. According to officials, at least 10 patients undergoing treatment in the hospital were shifted to government-run-MKCG Medical...