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Kendrapara: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a detailed Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police (SP) regarding the case of a woman who allegedly killed her two daughters before committing suicide. The NHRC Friday directed the SP to submit...

Berhampur: Continuing its investigation into the high-profile murder of former Health Minister Naba Das, a Crime Branch team led by ASP Vijay Kumar Mallik Saturday visited the Berhampur residence of Gopal Das, the police ASI arrested for the minister’s murder. The team conducted a detailed...

Nuapada: Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the murder of an elderly woman in Nuapada district’s Tikrapada village under Komna police station limits. The arrests were made Saturday following the recovery of the woman’s body from a village pond. The deceased, identified as...

Sonepur: In a shocking incident, a woman has been arrested for allegedly strangling her six-year-old daughter to death, driven by superstitious beliefs, in Kotasamalei village under Birmaharajpur police station limits in Subarnapur district. The accused, identified as Ashalata, was arrested by Birmaharajpur police Saturday and...

Bhawanipatna: In an effort to raise awareness of malaria prevention among vulnerable communities, Vedanta Aluminium conducted a large-scale campaign in tribal-dominated Kalahandi district to mark World Malaria Day. The anti-malaria awareness drive focused on the villages of Nakrundi and Gunpur, along with other remote areas....

Bhawanipatna: Police Saturday recovered the bodies of a man and a girl hanging from a tree in Kalahandi district. The bodies of a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were found hanging from a tree at Kaodala village under Ampani police station area of the...

Nishchintakoili: In a tragic incident, two toddlers drowned in a pond at Ramakrushnapur village under this block in Cuttack district Saturday. The victims were identified as Kameshwar, 2, son of Dilip Kumar Sahu of Ramakrushnapur village under Nishchintakoili block, and Bhagyalaxmi, 3, daughter of Ballabh...

Rourkela: Kuarmunda, a small town in Odisha's tribal-dominated Sundargarh district, observed a 12-hour bandh Saturday in protest against the Pahalgam attack. As a mark of protest against the April 22 bloodbath, residents voluntarily shut down shops and business establishments in a show of solidarity with...

Berhampur: Police Saturday evening arrested a 27-year-old man on the charge of rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl in Odisha's Ganjam district. The accused is a distant relative of the deceased, said an official. The girl was missing since Friday evening, when a festival...

Bhawanipatna: Odisha Police Saturday recovered the bodies of a man and a girl hanging from a tree in Odisha's Kalahandi district. The bodies of a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were found hanging from a tree at Kaodala village under Ampani police station area...