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Baripada: Tigress Zeenat, which migrated from Similipal National Park to Rajabasa and Chiabandi forests in Jharkhand, has spread fear among the nearby villagers as it has been roaming in the forests for the past 10 days and has preyed upon a bull recently. Startled by...

Udala: Inspector-in-charge (IIC) of Kaptipada police station Prakash Kumar Rath sustained injuries after he was allegedly attacked by sand smugglers in Mayurbhanj district Wednesday. The miscreants also vandalised the police van by pelting stones at the vehicle. A case was registered at Kaptipada police station...

Bhadrak: A youth allegedly set his girlfriend's house on fire after she refused his marriage proposal in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at Anandpur village under Dhamnagar block of the district. The accused, identified as Jyoti Ranjan Das (28), a...

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odia writer Baishnab Charan Samal has been selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 for his essay book ‘Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti’. The Akademi announced the award Wednesday. An official notification stated that Samal was unanimously chosen by the jury for the honour. Reacting...

Rourkela: Two persons were killed as a train hit their motorcycles when they were trying to cross railway tracks in Odisha's Sundargarh district even as the level crossing was closed, police said Wednesday. The incident happened near Kalunga around 9.30pm Tuesday when four persons were...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday searched premises linked to the deceased brother of a BJD MLA in Odisha as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The house and some other premises linked to Khirod Mallik, brother of Biju Janta Dal (BJD) legislator...

Jajpur: Villagers, mostly belonging to various tribal communities, in two villages of an equal number of panchayats under Gondia Tehsil of Dhenkanal district have alleged illegal encroachment of their land and brazen environmental pollution by a private crusher and metal quarry unit situated dangerously close...

Chhatrapur: Fishermen in Ganjam have urged the government to make relaxations in the present ban on fishing near the Rushikulya river mouth which has been imposed by the Forest Department in view of the nesting and hatching season of endangered Olive Ridley turtles. In a...

Nilgiri: Fear gripped the forest-fringe villages here Tuesday after reports of tigress Jamuna straying into the Kuldiha wildlife sanctuary in Balasore district - from Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district - surfaced Monday. The development has created panic, especially in areas including Mankadapada, Tangana,...

Namakkal (Tamil Nadu): Two Odisha youth were brutally killed by some unidentified persons at Veppadai in the district, police said Tuesday. Their bodies with their heads smashed and lying on the roadside were noticed by passers-by who later informed the police. The two have been...