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Berhampur: Odisha Police has arrested another person in connection with the murder of senior advocate and BJP leader Pitabash Panda, taking the total arrests in the case to 14. Sunya Chandra Das (61), a resident of Khodasing, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly sheltering the contract...

Bhubaneswar: Rain lashed several parts of Odisha, including the state's capital Bhubaneswar, Wednesday as severe cyclone 'Montha' weakened into a cyclonic storm and was moving through neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, IMD said. Several incidents of landslides, uprooting of trees, and damage to houses have...

Balasore: At least two persons were killed and seven others were injured, two of them seriously, when a passenger bus hit a truck parked on the roadside in Odisha's Balasore district early Wednesday, police said. The accident took place on National Highway 60 in the...

Keonjhar: Nine-year-old girl Baishnavi Gupta of this district has brought laurels to the state by winning a gold medal in the junior category of the 16th National Kudo Championship held in Surat, Gujarat, recently. The remarkable success of Baishnavi, a student of Class IV of...

Bargaon: Panic gripped the residents here in Sundargarh district as two children were found infected with the dreaded scrub typhus disease. Cases of scrub typhus continue to rise in areas under the Bargaon block of Sundargarh district. While two persons, including a woman and a...

Chhatrapur: Aska additional block development officer (ABDO) and Sheragada senior revenue assistant (SRA) faced government action for dereliction of duty at control rooms during cyclone ‘Montha’. Although Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan had directed all the government employees to remain present in their headquarters until...

Gajapati: A supply assistant engaged in cyclone evacuation work died following a sudden illness Monday night. The deceased was identified as Surendra Gamang, posted at Potara panchayat under Rayagada block in Gajapati district. According to reports, Gamang went to bed after having dinner but suddenly...

Bhanjanagar: Forest officials arrested two poachers preparing to hook wires from transmission lines to hunt wild animals near Bahadapadar in Mujagarh forest range under North Ghumusar forest division in Ganjam district Monday night. The arrested were identified as Sarat Naik of Samapalli and Banamali Bhuyan...

Balasore: A special POCSO court in Balasore Tuesday awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a 26-year-old man after holding him guilty of raping a minor girl. Special Judge (POCSO) Indira Priyadarshini also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the convict, Jyoti Ranjan...

Koraput: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police was caught red-handed by vigilance officials while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a complainant in Odisha's Koraput district Tuesday, officials said. ASI Narasingha Dora of B Singhpur police station, along with a private person, Sunadhara...