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Sambalpur: Odisha vigilance department Thursday arrested a revenue official after detecting multiple assets, including 16 plots and two buildings, allegedly beyond his known sources of income, officials said. Raids were conducted Wednesday at the property of Basudev Bhoi, senior revenue assistant in the office of...

Sambalpur/Kolkata: A 30-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly killed in Odisha's Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi, police said Thursday. Juel Sheikh was working, along with a few others from West Bengal, in the construction of a building in Shanti Nagar...

Angul: Five security guards were arrested in Odisha's Angul district for allegedly shooting dead two persons who attempted theft at a stockyard, police said Thursday. The incident happened at Lingarakata near Pipeline Road in the Talcher police station area in the early hours of Wednesday,...

Bhadrak: Normal life was severely affected in Odisha's Chandbali block Thursday due to a six-hour bandh called by opposition BJD and Congress in protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl, officials said. No untoward incident has been reported so far amid...

Kandhamal: Top Maoist leader Ganesh Uike was among six red rebels killed in gun battles with security forces in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said Thursday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah called it a "major breakthrough", while Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi described it as a...

Bhubaneswar: Three Maoists, including a woman cadre, have been killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said Thursday. The gunfight took place in Gumma forest in the Belghar police station area Wednesday night. The two male Naxals were...

Mathura Nagari: The world-famous open-air theatre, Bargarh Dhanu Jatra, went off to a colourful start at Raj Darbar stage in Hatpada Wednesday evening. Bargarh MP Pradeep Kumar Purohit and MLA Ashwini Kumar Sarangi inaugurated the festival around 7:30 pm. Among others, Padampur MLA Barsha Singh...

Daringbadi: Miscreants in the garb of Vigilance sleuths allegedly looted cash and gold ornaments from the royal family of Simadri Deo at Gadapur Bazaar under Brahmanigaon police limits in Kandhamal district, police said Wednesday. According to the complaint, the accused arrived at the house Monday,...

Chhendipada: A 15-year-old girl sustained severe injuries after a crude bomb allegedly planted by poachers to kill wild animals exploded in a forest area near Gohirapashi under Chhendipada forest range in Angul district Wednesday, police said. The injured has been identified as Manasi Behera of...

Nilagiri: Forest officials have arrested six more people in a racket involved in the manufacturing of fake ivory from the bones of dead elephants, taking the total number of arrests to 22 in Balasore district. Acting on intelligence inputs, a team from Kuldiha Forest Division...