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Berhampur: Former legislator Bikram Panda, arrested in connection with the murder of Berhampur-based lawyer Pitabas Panda, Sunday claimed that he had been framed for political reasons and alleged that there was a conspiracy to defame the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Panda was taken out of...

Kantabanji: Four members of a family, including an 8-year-old boy, were killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a pickup van near Maoist-infested Pandaren under Turekela police limits in Bolangir district Sunday evening. The incident occurred around 7:30 pm on Turekela– Mahakhand main...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress will support the nationwide strike and shutdown call 12 February given by 10 central trade unions against the Centre’s four labour codes, Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhakta Charan Das said. The strike call was issued by the All India Trade Union...

Visakhapatnam/Sonepur: At least two persons were killed and five others injured when a car travelling from Odisha to Visakhapatnam rammed into a stationary vehicle in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district Sunday. Police said the accident occurred on the National Highway near Palavalasa in Nandigam mandal. The...

Nandapur: A severe shortage of education officers has exposed serious administrative gaps in the school education system across Koraput district, with a single Assistant Block Education Officer (ABEO) overseeing nearly 200 institutions in Nandapur block alone. The lone woman ABEO is currently responsible for 197...

Sonepur: Police in Subarnapur district Saturday seized 9,000 bottles of cough syrup during a raid in the Rampur area and arrested one person, while three others managed to escape. Addressing correspondents at a press conference at the district police headquarters, Subarnapur Superintendent of Police Narayan...

Tensa: Police and Excise officials Saturday destroyed poppy plants worth more than Rs 30 lakh in the Koida area of Sundargarh district and detained two persons in connection with the illegal cultivation. According to police, the poppy crop was being cultivated on nearly five acre...

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: In a boost to anti-Maoist operations in Odisha, 15 hardcore Maoists, including senior leaders carrying hefty cash rewards, formally surrendered before Additional Director General of Police (Anti-Naxal Operations) Sanjeeb Panda at a special function held at the District Police Office (DPO) in Rayagada. The...

Bhubaneswar: A day after surrendering before Odisha Police along with his wife and 13 others, Maoist leader Niranjan Rout alias Nikhil Saturday appealed to the underground ultras to shun violence and return to the mainstream. Nikhil (45) and his 42-year-old wife, Rashmira Lenka, also known...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Saturday raised questions over Odisha government's "sincerity" in resolving the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh and accused the ruling BJP of shedding crocodile tears over the matter. The Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal (MWDT), examining the river water row between Odisha...