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RAJESH MOHANTY, OP Rourkela: A bandh call given by Koshal Samaj (KS) received lukewarm response in Sundargarh Wednesday. The bandh was organised to protest the trafficking and alleged physical and mental exploitation of minor girls from various gram panchayats in Lephripara block to Tamil Nadu....

Sorada: A 55-year-old man was found dead inside a forest area near Ora village under Badagada police limits here in Ganjam district Tuesday. The family members of the deceased Kartika Swain, however, have termed it a murder. They alleged that a heated argument had ensued...

Bhubaneswar: The Santali Saonhed Akhada recently submitted a memorandum to the Secretary of the School and Mass Education department, urging the inclusion of the Santali language in Odisha’s education curriculum as part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 implementation. With the NEP 2020 set...

Nuapada/Bhawanipatna: Odisha's Director General of Police (DGP), YB Khurania, visited Nuapada and Kalahandi districts Wednesday to review Maoist activities along with the Superintendents of Police (SPs) of Chhattisgarh and Nuapada. DGP Khurania further noted that the anti-Maoist efforts in Nuapada and Kalahandi districts have reached...

Baripada: The officials of Odisha Forest Department Wednesday seized two elephant ivory and detained four people involved in the illegal trade in Mayurbhanj district, an official said. One ivory weighs 1 kg while the other one weighs 1.2 kg. The ivories were seized from the...

Phulbani: A court in Odisha's Kandhamal district Wednesday sentenced a police constable to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2020. Additional District Judge cum POCSO Court Special Judge, Phulbani, Rajesh Kumar Das, held Gobinda Pradhan, a constable at Phulbani Town...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 157 men applied for availing the cash assistance under Subhadra Yojana, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said Tuesday. Parida informed that the applications from men were detected following the e-KYC process and during the linking of their bank accounts with...

Koraput: A man and his wife lost their lives in a forest in Odisha's Koraput district after coming in contact with a live wire, suspected to have been laid by poachers to target wild animals, police said Wednesday. Balaram Galel and his wife Bala ran...

Jajpur: A lecturer at a private college in Odisha’s Jajpur district has been booked for allegedly attempting to rape a third-year student, police said Wednesday. The student alleged that her economics teacher lured her to an empty classroom under the pretext of helping her secure...

Bhubaneswar: Chalapathi was careful in his movements and remained a mystery for decades until a selfie with his wife led security forces to him. One among the top seven in CPI(Maoist) ranks, he was killed along with 13 "comrades" in an operation at the Odisha-Chhattisgarh...