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Berhampur: A POCSO court here Monday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for raping a six-year-old girl about two years ago. Pranati Pattnaik, the additional district judge-cum-judge of the special court set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,...

Bhubaneswar: The people in Odisha are likely to get respite from prevailing hot weather conditions as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts thunderstorms and light rainfall in several districts during the next four days. Manorama Mohanty, director of Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, said thunderstorms with light...

Berhampur: A man was allegedly killed by an elderly person and his son over the selection of a site to stage a popular seasonal folk dance in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Monday. The deceased was identified as Jagdish Panigrahy (27) of Belagaon in the...

Nayagarh: Cooperative leaders have demanded a Vigilance inquiry into an alleged Rs 500 crore sugarcane farm loan scam that recently came to light in the Nayagarh district. The demand was raised by cooperative leader Sanyasi Pradhan during the district-level Cooperative Festival at the Zilla Parishad...

Daringbadi: Bilasini Nayak of Greenbadi village under Daringbadi block in Kandhamal district has established herself as a successful woman farmer, transforming her fortune through maize and tomato cultivation. Bilasini was elected as a Samiti member from 2007 to 2012 and later served as the block...

Keonjhar: The Forest Department claimed to have identified the person seen beating an elephant with sticks in a viral video from Keonjhar district recently. The department launched a hunt after the purported video of the incident went viral. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Dhanraj HD identified...

Rourkela: Two youths died by drowning while bathing in the Koel river under Bisra police limits near Rourkela Sunday. The deceased were identified as Pradip Tarai, 19, of B-block, house no-177 in Sector-17, and Ashirbad Barik, 19, of C-block in Sector-8 in Steel City. However,...

Kabisuryanagar: Unidentified miscreants shot dead a BJP worker on the main road of Pathrapalli village, under Kabisuryanagar police limits, in Ganjam district over unknown reasons Sunday morning, police said. The victim was identified as Lakshmi Narayan Paikaray, 55, alias Kuna, a contractor by profession, of...

Bhubaneswar: Heatwave conditions continued to prevail in several parts of Odisha Sunday as eight places recorded a maximum temperature of above 40 degree Celsius. Boudh town in western Odisha was the hottest place in the state at 41.8 degree Celsius. The weather bulletin issued by...

Bhawanipatna: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday launched 'Antyodaya Gruha Jojana' (AGJ), a flagship housing scheme of the state government, at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. Under the scheme, all eligible households left out from the ongoing housing schemes, victims of natural/man-made calamities, households displaced...