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Bantala: A 22-year-old hunter was arrested, and three sambar antlers and a country-made gun were seized during a forest department patrol in the Satkosia Wildlife Division in Anugola district, officials said Wednesday. The accused, identified as Sri Krishna Naik of Bipradiha village under Thakurgada police...

Baleshwar: Forest officials recovered the carcass of a male dolphin from Talapada beach under Remuna block in Baleshwar district Wednesday, after fishermen spotted it near the shore, officials said. The fishermen noticed the carcass at about 9am and informed the Talakurunia Forest Beat House by...

Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mother over a domestic dispute in March 2025. Second Additional District Sessions Judge Suman Kumar Mishra found the accused, Kanhu Kisku (31), guilty of murder and sentenced him...

Bhadrak: A 21-year-old woman working as a data entry operator at a private hospital in Bhadrak was found dead on the hospital premises Wednesday, with her family alleging that she had faced mental harassment from some employees. The deceased was identified as Seema Sahu of...

Kendrapara: The Odisha Police Wednesday arrested a 72-year-old man from Kendrapara district for allegedly raping his minor granddaughter multiple times, officials said. The 12-year-old girl had been living with her grandfather and other family members in a village in the district, they said. The accused...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court was told Wednesday that there was a "premeditated collusion" between Odisha government and the Centre in withdrawing senior IPS officer Sushant Kumar Nath's integrity certificate merely based on a CBI communication. Senior advocate P Chidambaram, appearing for petitioner Jayanta Das,...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed southern and coastal Odisha Wednesday under the influence of an approaching deep depression, prompting authorities to move at least 3,500 people to safety. The intensity of rainfall in Odisha, which is witnessing showers since Tuesday, has increased, with Semiliguda in Koraput...

By Rabindra Prasad Dani, OP Jamankira: Despite tall claims of development of education and transformation of schools, the ground reality presents a different picture at Kenadhipa Upgraded High School and Higher Secondary School in Jamankira block of Sambalpur district. Established in 1969, the school has...

DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP Chhatrapur: More than 60 mechanised fishing boats and trawlers from Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada region, carrying over 400 fishermen, were stranded off Aryapalli coast in Ganjam district Tuesday as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal brought heavy rain and strong...

Hatadihi: An audit report has flagged alleged financial irregularities amounting to Rs 99.65 lakh in the Mareigaon Service Cooperative Society (SCS) in Kendujhar district during the 2023-24 financial year, with recovery of the amount recommended from four persons, including the society’s secretary. The audit was...