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Rourkela: One person was killed and another critically injured after the car in which they were travelling hit roadside trees in Odisha's Sundargarh district Thursday, police said. The accident took place on state highway 10(A) near Kalieposh under Lahunipara police station. The deceased was identified...

Phulbani: A tribal youth, who was engaged in the renovation of an old building, died after a wall collapsed on him in Odisha's Kandhamal district Thursday, police said. The incident happened at Rampur Square in the Tumudibandha police station area. The deceased was identified as...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday said that plans to bring three more Royal Bengal Tigers (RBTs) from Madhya Pradesh have been delayed because of the 'erratic' behaviour of two tigresses, Zeenat and Jamuna, which were translocated from Maharashtra. State forest and environment minister Ganesh Ram...

Berhampur: Social activists from Odisha's Ganjam district Wednesday urged the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) to install a new life-size statue of social reformer Sashibhusan Rath, who played a key role in the formation of the state. Rath was one of the pioneers to bring out...

Bhadrak: A motorcyclist was killed after his two-wheeler collided head-on with a truck on the National Highway-16 near Barikpur in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said Thursday. The motorcycle rider, identified as Jayanta Das from Nirgundi village, died on the spot after the collision took place...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asked all department heads to submit proposals to state recruitment commissions by March 31 for filling up 1,10,557 vacant posts. Majhi had earlier set a target to provide government jobs to 1.5 lakh youths over five years....

Parjang: A youth was brutally hacked to death by a co-villager over suspected past enmity at Basoi village under this police limits in Dhenkanal district on New Year’s Day Wednesday. The victim was identified as Rakesh Sethi and the accused as Saroj Biswal alias Maku,...

Bolangir: Two youths sustained critical injuries after miscreants assaulted them with swords during zero-night celebrations at Tulasinagarpada in this town, Tuesday night. Some others were also rendered hurt after two miscreants tried to run their bike over them before absconding. The injured youths were identified...

Baripada: Tigress Zeenat was brought back to the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Wednesday, nearly three weeks after she left the reserve, an official said. The tigress, which walked into Jharkhand forests December 8 and later entered West Bengal, was brought to...

Nuapada: Residents of 52 villages across three panchayats – Sunabeda, Soseg and Michhapali—within Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district are struggling to fulfil their basic needs, as the benefits of several government schemes fail to reach the forest dwellers residing 36,000 feet above sea level....