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Baripada/Kuliana: A day after a failed robbery attempt near Jagannathpur, five armed men looted lakhs of rupees from Odisha Gramya Bank in Kuchei, both under Kuliana police limits of Mayurbhanj district, a source said. According to the source, the robbers arrived on two motorcycles, brandished...

Berhampur: Odisha Police Tuesday arrested nine people for allegedly assaulting and humiliating two Dalit men in Ganjam district. According to Niti Shekhar, DIG southern range, the accused will be produced before a court soon. Ganjam SP Suvendu Kumar Patra had said a case was registered,...

Jajpur: Odisha Police Tuesday arrested a 30-year-old man in Jajpur district for allegedly misbehaving with two female students who had recently come to the state from Delhi, a police officer said. He is one of the two accused of misbehaving with the students, he said....

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Congress Tuesday expressed anguish over the alleged torture of two Dalit men on suspicion of cattle smuggling in Odisha's Ganjam district and constituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the incident. The two Dalit men were allegedly tonsured, assaulted and forced to crawl on their...

New Delhi/Berhampur: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has raised concerns over the incident of inhumane treatment meted out to two Dalit youths in Dharakote area of Ganjam district over the suspicion of cattle smuggling. Gandhi Monday demanded the...

Daringbadi: Hundreds of tourists thronged every day to Daringbadi in Kandhamal district, braving the summer heat for a retreat in nature. Popular tourist spots in the block, such as Hill View Park, Nature Park, Coffee Garden, Midubanda waterfall, Kisubadi waterfall and Lovers’ Point, saw large...

Keonjhar: A high-level All India Congress Committee (AICC) inquiry team, led by senior Congress leader Deepa Dasmunsi, met the family of a tribal minor girl who was allegedly gangraped and murdered in Keonjhar district recently. The team conducted an investigation into the incident. Accompanying Dasmunsi...

Sambalpur: Efforts will be made to preserve the 150-year-old Chandrasekhar Behera Zilla School here as a heritage institution and explore partnerships with IIM, Sambalpur, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Monday during a visit to the school. Pujari also reviewed the teaching and...

Baripada: A unique scene from Neda village under Saraskana block in Mayurbhanj district has gone viral on social media, where a groom was ferried on a boat across floodwaters to reach the bride’s house. Due to continuous rainfall in the upper catchment areas, a flashflood...

Dharakote: A day after a kangaroo court forced two persons from the Dalit community to crawl on their knees, accusing them of cattle smuggling at Kharigumma village under Dharakote police limits in Ganjam district, police Monday detained nine persons in this connection. The accused have...