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Bhawanipatna: Tribals in Kalahandi district continue to be exploited by middlemen who buy mahua flowers at significantly lower prices than the government-approved minimum support price (MSP), a report said. Despite the official MSP of Rs 25 per kg, desperate members of various tribal communities often...

Nandapur: A day after a report in this newspaper highlighted alarming death of honeybees due to the outbreak of Thai Sacbrood Virus (TSBV) in Koraput district, the district administration has launched a swift response to tackle the spread of the virus. The report titled “Honeybees...

Sambalpur: A man with criminal antecedents was injured in an encounter with police in Sambalpur district Sunday, an officer said. Sambalpur SP MK Bhamoo said that based on credible information, the police had gone to arrest Sitaram Sarangi. However, the criminal opened fire at the...

Khallikote: As many as 25 persons sustained grievous injuries after a private bus they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck head-on near a petrol pump on National Highway-16 under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district late Saturday night. The mishap occurred when the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has made tight security arrangements across the state for the peaceful conduct of Hanuman Jayanti, Maha Bishuba Sankranti, the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar and Odia New Year, which have fallen on the same day this year Monday. Though security has been...

Jajpur: A group of people, allegedly the supporters of an Independent MLA, Sunday attacked Opposition BJD leader and former legislator Pranab Kumar Balabantray and vandalised his car in Odisha's Jajpur district. The incident took place at Aruha village under Jenapur police limits when the BJD...

Bhawanipatna: A three-day-long international children's film festival began in Bhawanipatna in Odisha's Kalahandi district Sunday. The organisers of the film festival said that more than 30 feature films, short films, documentaries and movies made by children from 15 countries will be screened in the event....

Berhampur: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Sunday witnessed the mass hatching of Olive Ridley turtles. During his visit to Ganjam district to inspect different development projects, Kambhampati, along with his wife Jayasree, visited Sipakuda near the Rushikulya River mouth early in the morning and witnessed...

Kendrapara: The police Sunday arrested two journalists on charges of abetment to suicide of a 50-year-old man they allegedly framed in a false rape case in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an officer said. A woman, who was in complicity with the two in levelling the rape...