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Keonjhar/Patana: A bankers’ association has warned of agitation if any action is taken against a branch manager in connection with the incident in which Jitu Munda had gone to a bank carrying his sister’s skeleton to withdraw money held in her name. Acting on Chief...

Rourkela: A 70-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls aged around five to six years in Rourkela steel township, police said. The unsavoury incident occurred Thursday evening. The septuagenarian accused, who confessed to the crime, was arrested after the parents...

Baliguda: An elderly woman burned to death and her two sons were seriously injured after a fire broke out in a house in Kandhamal district Friday night, officials said. The incident occurred in Sudra village under Barkhama outpost in Baliguda police limits. The deceased has...

Keonjhar/Hatadihi/Chhenapadi: A Vigilance court in Keonjhar sentenced three former government employees to two years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) each after convicting them for misappropriation of government rice under a rural employment scheme. The convicts are retired welfare extension officer Gangadhar Naik, fisheries extension offi cer...

Tumudibandh: A 33-year-old man was shot dead during a hunting trip in Kandhamal district Friday afternoon, with his wife alleging that he was deliberately killed by his companions. The incident occurred in Saperi village under Belghar police limits. The deceased was identified as Kamadeb Majhi,...

Phulbani: A 26-year-old guest lecturer at a government autonomous college in Phulbani was found dead in her rented accommodation, with police yet to determine the cause of death. The deceased, identified as Tejaswini Padhi of Sriramnagar in Ganjam district, was a guest faculty member in...

Soro: An additional tehsildar had a narrow escape Saturday when a Hyva truck carrying illegal sand rammed his official vehicle during a high-speed chase on National Highway (NH) 16 at Panpana near Soro in Balasore district. The incident occurred when Soro Additional Tehsildar Krushna Mohan...

Deogarh: A woman and her seven-year-old son died after being electrocuted in a village in Deogarh district Saturday, police said. The incident occurred in Kundeigola village under Reamal block when Upasi Bhutia, wife of Niranjan Bhutia, was operating a water pump near a well on...

Jajpur: A total of 58 people, including 27 children, were admitted to hospital Saturday, as they fell ill allegedly after consuming ‘dahibara’ at a village in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said. The incident occurred in Patapur village under Dasarathapur block Friday when they consumed ‘dahibara',...

Jajpur: Family members of a newborn protested at the Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) Saturday, alleging medical negligence was responsible for the death of the baby, police said. According to reports, a woman from Kumbharia village from neighbouring Bhadrak district was admitted to the Jajpur...