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Rourkela: In a dramatic turn of events, police Friday arrested the husband of a seven-month pregnant woman who was shot dead while trying to resist a suspected robbery attempt at her residence at Bonai in Sundargarh district, Wednesday night. The victim Samyamayee Behera’s husband, Deben...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said his government was committed to encouraging children in the field of science from an early age. Majhi made the statement after felicitating winners of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) at the Pathani Samanta Planetarium in...

Cuttack: Odisha Police Friday recovered three unidentified bodies of women in Cuttack and Bolangir districts, an officer said. A woman's body was found near the Paramahansa area in Cuttack district, while the bodies of two women were found near a railway track in Bolangir district....

Patana: A 15-year-old boy died after being administered with a "wrong injection" for a skin ailment at a medicine store in Keonjhar district Thursday, a source said. The deceased was identified as Sukadev Munda, son of Bijay Kumar Munda from Dharapada village under Pandapada police...

Buguda: Police here in Ganjam district have arrested a youth on charge of raping his sister-in-law on the pretext of marriage and making the video of the intimate moments viral on social media platforms. The accused was identified as Seemanchal Goud, a native of Tambiri...

Paralakhemundi: The death toll in the road accident in Odisha's Gajapati district rose to six Thursday with two more women succumbing to their injuries, police said. A pickup van with 36 people onboard overturned at Chiding Ghat near Mohana Wednesday. Four people had died on...

Rourkela: Eight Bengali-speaking migrant workers were Thursday stripped and paraded on a road with their hands tied for allegedly attempting to outrage the modesty of a local woman in Odisha's Sundargarh town, police said. Police said local residents thrashed and paraded the workers in a...

Jajpur: An industry body of Kalinga Nagar has written to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging him to direct the Jajpur district administration to conduct an inquiry into alleged monopoly of local truckers in the price fixation for transportation of goods. Kalinga Nagar Industries...

Sundargarh: A pregnant woman was shot dead by two unidentified persons in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said. The deceased was identified as Soumyamayee Behera, wife of Deben Behera of Jhirdapali village under Tikayatpali police station in the district. She was seven months pregnant, they added....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police have decided to repatriate 78 Bangladeshis, who were apprehended by coast guard personnel for allegedly entering into Indian territorial waters, to their country, an officer said. The decision was taken after several verifications of the foreigners revealed that they were Bangladeshi...