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Patana: Police in Keonjhar district have arrested a 20-year-old youth accused of kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl, before allegedly circulating obscene images of her on Instagram. The accused, identified as Saroj Kumar Mahant, son of Hrusikesh Mahant of Machhagarh Puruna Sahi, was detained Friday...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD and Congress Friday demanded an immediate rollback of the fuel price hike, accusing the ruling BJP of adopting a "double standard" on the issue of GST on petrol and diesel. The women's wing of the Congress staged a demonstration near a fuel...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: A few hours after the Centre announced a hike in diesel prices, the State Transport Authority (STA) Friday issued an order regarding revision of bus fares in a range of 2 paise to 6 paise in different categories of buses...

Rourkela: A pickup van driver was allegedly beaten to death by a group of truck drivers in an incident of road rage in Odisha's Sundargarh district Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Rajesh Munda (34), a resident of Gultha village in the Bhasma...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Department Friday arrested a government junior engineer (JE) for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. "Bijay Kumar Mohanty, JE, Command Area Development (CAD) Division, Bhadrak, has been placed under arrest and will be forwarded to the court of Special...

Kendrapara: A homoeopathic doctor was killed allegedly by his elder brother and other family members over a property dispute in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said Friday. The deceased has been identified as Golakh Chandra Nauri (42) of Baradanga village within Mahakalapada police station limits. Police...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD and Congress Friday targeted the BJP government in Odisha over long queues and panic buying at petrol pumps, even as the state administration maintained that there was no fuel shortage and appealed to people not to stockpile petrol and diesel. Odisha Pradesh...

Bhubaneswar: Conditions are becoming favourable for the arrival of the southwest monsoon. The monsoon is likely to advance into parts of the south Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by May 16. However, temperatures have started rising again across...

Nabarangpur: Lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension have emerged as major health concerns in Nabarangpur district due to changing habits, irregular food intake and rising mental stress. Once considered diseases affecting mostly elderly people, both ailments are now increasingly being detected among younger generations. According...

Patana: The struggle and hardships endured by Jitu Munda, who carried the skeletal remains of his sister Kalara Munda to the Mahulapashi branch of Odisha Gramya Bank (OGB) as proof to withdraw money from her account, may soon be portrayed on the silver screen. Noted...