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Bhubaneswar: Twelve more Maoists were killed in a gunfight between security personnel and left-wing extremists along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border Tuesday, police said. As two women red rebels were gunned down Monday, the total number of Maoists killed in the ongoing inter-state operation mounted to 14,...

Kalipada: A statement issued Sunday by Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra that approximately 4 lakh income taxpayers had availed the ration cards during the previous government has unnerved many ineligible beneficiaries in villages under Baliapal block of Balasore district. Moreover, the...

Jajpur: A girl student tried to immolate herself after a lecturer of the college under Bari police limits in Jajpur district allegedly sexually tortured the girl and tried to rape her inside the classroom, police said Monday. After reports surfaced, irate students locked up the...

Kendrapara: The elusive Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) has been sighted for the first time in the Gahirmatha region of Bhitarkanika National Park during the mid-winter waterfowl annual status survey conducted January 18. The presence of the Great Bittern not only highlights the ecological importance of...

Rourkela: In an armed robbery, looters decamped with valuables worth over Rs1 crore at Barpali under Hemgiri police station in Sundargarh district, sources said Monday. According to information, a group of six-seven armed robbers entered the house of one businessman identified as Nikhil Agarwal at...

Bargarh: Police Monday arrested and forwarded to court three accused in the missing case of a 24-year-old woman who was found 48 hours later in a severely injured state during the recently concluded Dhanu Yatra in Bargarh city. The accused were identified as Sarjan Dansana,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has revised the enrolment age for class 1 to 6+ years as per the mandates under the National Education Policy, 2020. The Odisha School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department had earlier January 15 this year announced the implementation of the National...

Bhubaneswar: At least two women Maoists were killed in a gunfight between security forces and left-wing extremists at the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border Monday, DGP YB Khurania said. He said a large quantity of arms and ammunition were also seized. The DGP said Odisha police's Special Operation...

Bhubaneswar: A massive gunfight broke out between security forces and Maoists at the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border Monday morning, officials said. Acting on intelligence inputs, police forces of Odisha and Chhattisgarh along with the CRPF launched an anti-Naxal operation in the Kularighat reserve forest at the inter-state...

Berhampur: A dolphin census began at the Chilika lake in Odisha Monday, officials said. Over 100 people, including retired government officers, researchers, students and experts, have taken part in counting the dolphins in the lake, they said. The annual census is being carried out by...