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Phulbani: As many as 41 students, most of them girls, at a state-run residential school in Odisha's Kandhamal district fell ill following a honey bee attack, an official said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday at the Tribal Welfare Residential School in Badabanka village under Daringbadi...

Keonjhar: Mahendra Hembram, one of the convicts in the high-profile murder case of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, was released from Keonjhar jail in Odisha Wednesday after serving 25 years. Now 50 years old, Hembram was released from prison on grounds...

Nayagarh: A sub-inspector of Odisha Police was arrested by vigilance sleuths on the charge of taking Rs 4,000 as a bribe for registering a case, an official release said Wednesday. The accused officer, identified as Rajesh Kumar Srichandan, was posted at Sarankul police station in...

Keonjhar: A barking deer was injured after being attacked by a dog at Raidiha village in Saharpada section of Patna forest division in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, a forest official said Wednesday. Villagers alerted the Forest Department after spotting the wounded animal. A team responded promptly,...

Nandapur: Widespread irregularities have been alleged in the construction of the Suku bridge, a Rs 81.34 crore worth project over the Kolab Reservoir in Koraput district, a report said. The bridge, once completed, will connect more than 70 villages across Nandapur, Lamtaput, and Koraput blocks...

Bhograi: In response to West Bengal’s alleged encroachment on Odisha’s land and construction of a 40-meter stretch of road at Sagada Sahi village under Bhograi block in Balasore district, the local administration Tuesday responded by laying the foundation stone for a concrete road. Bhograi MLA...

Rajnagar: A widow has filed a written complaint with Rajnagar police, alleging that a man who identified himself as a journalist sexually assaulted her and recorded explicit videos to blackmail her after promising to help her obtain land at a subsidised rate. According to the...

Pottangi: A youth from Mirialpadu village under Ralegada panchayat in Koraput district's Pottangi block was seriously injured in a bear attack Tuesday morning while grazing cattle near a hill close to his village. The victim, identified as Pamia Balu, was rescued by local villagers who...

Daringbadi: As many as 40 students of a Sevashram School at Badabanga panchayat of Daringbadi block in Kandhamal district were injured, including four of them seriously, after being attacked by a swarm of honeybees Monday. Dr Swagat Senapati of Daringbadi community health centre said that...

Jajpur: Odisha Police arrested three persons in connection with the alleged attack on BJD leader and former MLA Pranab Balabantaray in Jajpur district, an officer said Tuesday. The arrested persons were identified as Suresh Samal, Rajendra Barik, and Susant Samal of Aruha village, police said....