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Koraput: Tall claims of the government’s rural focus falls flat when it comes to the road connectivity to Dumuriguda village under Gadiguda gram panchayat in Koraput Sadar block in the district, according to a report. Villagers alleged that despite repeated memorandums to the district administration...

Digapahandi: Acting on a tip-off, police busted a major gambling den operating in a forest near Janghama village under Digapahandi police limits of Ganjam district and arrested 26 persons, officials said Sunday. The raid was carried out Saturday evening by a special squad led by...

Gunupur: A picnic outing turned tragic Sunday when a man drowned while bathing in Sana River near Nungurutal under Gunupur police limits in Rayagada district, police said. The deceased was identified as Jagannath Mishra, 35, of Gunupur town. According to police, seven youths from the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday inaugurated a trauma care centre and OPD building at Sambalpur district headquarters hospital. Majhi, who was on a two-day visit to the western district, inaugurated the medical facilities set up at a total cost of Rs 21.28...

Berhampur: Odisha Police have arrested three burglars involved in five theft cases and recovered looted properties over Rs 35 lakh from them in Ganjam district, police said Sunday. The accused persons have been identified as Chintu Sethy (28), the prime accused, Deepak Kumar Pattanaik (33)...

Sambalpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday laid the foundation stone for a mega water supply project worth Rs 451.24 crore with the aim to provide 24-hour safe drinking water to the people of Sambalpur city. CM Majhi laid the foundation stone in Sambalpur...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Two passengers injured in the emergency crash landing of a small aircraft near Rourkela in Odisha were airlifted to Mumbai for treatment, while another injured person is under ventilator support, a senior official said Sunday. At least six people, including two pilots, were injured...

Bhubaneswar: A three-member team of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Sunday started its probe into the crash landing of a small aircraft near Rourkela, a senior official said. At least six people were injured when a nine-seater aircraft of India One made an emergency...

Nandapur: A sharp rise in egg prices has begun to affect government-run nutrition programmes such as MDM schemes in Koraput district, particularly in Nandapur block, where there is no local egg production. Officials said the increased prices are impacting egg supply to anganwadi centres, midday...

Bargarh/Attabira: Farmers in Bargarh district intensified their protest Saturday against alleged mismanagement in the ongoing kharif paddy procurement process, prompting the police to detain at least 60 protesters after they blocked a national highway. Although nearly two months have passed since the process began in...