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Kendrapara: Forest officials arrested 17 marine fishermen and seized their seaworthy fishing trawler on the charge of illegally fishing within the turtle congregation zone in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, an official said Saturday. The fishing trawler, used by the intruders for fishing along the prohibited sanctuary...

Baripada: A 40-year-old assistant teacher at an upper primary school under Jharapokharia police limits of Mayurbhanj district was arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl student. The accused was identified as Manoranjan Majhi. Police registered a case (322/25) under the Protection of Children from...

Bhadrak: Congress Saturday blamed the wide circulation of drugs and liquor across Odisha as the major factor behind the rise in crimes against women and girls. This was stated by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das after meeting the family members of...

Rourkela: Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday launched several developmental projects worth Rs 215 crore in Odisha's Rourkela city. Pradhan, who was on a two-day visit, launched the projects at a function in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. He inaugurated the newly constructed...

Balasore: A 23-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in Odisha's Balasore district, police said Saturday. The deceased, Akash Mahanta of Mayurbhanj district, had checked into the hotel along with a man and a woman around 9 pm Thursday, they said....

Kolkata/Sambalpur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday condemned the killing of a migrant worker from the state in Odisha and asserted that speaking in Bengali cannot be a crime. Taking to her official X account, Chief Minister Banerjee told that a zero FIR has...

Bargarh: The Odisha government has inducted a five-member all-woman squad for the protection of forest and animals in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, officials said  Saturday. For the first time, an all-woman squad has been inducted into the force in the sanctuary. Of the freshly inducted personnel, four...

Kendrapara: The charred body of a 45-year-old man was found inside his roadside shop in Odisha's Kendrapara district Saturday, police said. His family members and locals alleged that the shop, located in a market in the Kudangagari police station area, was set afire by unidentified...

Khaira: A bat colony that has thrived for decades in Saradanga village under Khaira block of Balasore district is rapidly declining due to poaching, loss of habitat and alleged inaction by the Forest department, raising serious concerns among villagers and wildlife observers. Once safely roosting...

Chhendipada: Police arrested a man for allegedly hacking a bull with an axe in Kanloi village under Bagadia police station in Angul district Friday. The accused was identified as Padmalochan Palai, a resident of Kanloi village, police said. According to preliminary information, a bull had...