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Bhanjanagar: The northern forest division of Ghumusar forest in Ganjam district has emerged as a secure habitat for wildlife, with officials observing a notable rise in the population of the rare Indian bison or gaur. Alongside gaurs, numbers of black panthers, elephants, and spotted deer...

Naktideula: A six-year-old female elephant was electrocuted late Saturday night after coming in contact with a solar fencing illegally connected to a high-voltage transmission wire at Tikilipada village under Sarapali forest beat of Naktideul forest range in Sambalpur district. Despite instructions to use solar fencing...

Khallikote: A two-year-old girl child who had gone missing from Balugaon railway station was rescued Sunday from Gurapalli toll gate along National Highway 16 under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district. The child was reportedly abandoned by an unidentified man who quickly fled the scene....

Berhampur: Odisha Police has arrested a 43-year-old realtor in Ganjam district for allegedly duping over Rs 5 crore from nearly 200 people under the pretext of allotting residential plots, officials said Sunday. The accused has been identified as Chetan Kumar Choudhury, son of a former...

Sunabeda/Semiliguda: In the absence of a bridge, students from several villages under Charangul panchayat in Semiliguda block have been forced to risk their lives as they have to cross the Kolab reservoir by country boat daily in order to reach their school. Children from six...

Jaleswar: A man was killed and 35 others were injured as a passenger bus overturned after being hit by a truck on the bypass road near Chalanti village under this police limits in Balasore district Sunday. The deceased was identified as Malaya Mohanty, 45, of...

Bhubaneswar: Amid widespread outrage over the self-immolation attempt by a female student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, the Opposition parties—Biju Janata Dal and Congress—have written separate letters to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking time to meet her during her two-day visit to Odisha starting...

Koraput/Narayanpatna: A couple in Peda Itiki village under Bargi panchayat of Narayanpatna block in the district was subjected to humiliating punishment for marrying within the same clan, as a kangaroo court allegedly forced them to plough the village road with a wooden yoke tied to...

Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Four persons, including a woman, were killed due to lightning strikes in Odisha's Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur and Bhadrak districts Sunday, police said. A 65-year-old farmer died in lightning in Balabhadrapur village under the Jenapur police station limits in Jajpur district, a senior officer said....

Kendrapara: A 47-year-old primary school teacher was arrested in Odisha's Kendrapara district for allegedly sexually assaulting a widow, police said Sunday. The accused, a government school teacher in Raigada village under the Jamboo Marine Police Station limits in the district, was apprehended Saturday, a senior...