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Rayagada: Villagers staged a blockade on National Highway-326 near Kumbhikota village under Rayagada Sadar block Friday, protesting a reported prolonged drinking water shortage that disrupted daily life. The agitation began around 7 am, bringing traffic on the Rayagada-Koraput highway to a standstill. Men and women...

Bhadrak: Odisha Vigilance Thursday apprehended a junior assistant posted in the office of the District Education Officer (DEO) in Bhadrak while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a representative of a private school. The accused has been identified as Srikanta Kumar...

Baripada: Authorities of Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) Friday shared a rare photograph of a melanistic tigress with her cubs. Sharing the picture on X, STR said, "Rare capture of melanistic tigress with her 3 melanistic cubs." According to STR officials, the cubs have adapted...

Patana: Tension flared in Begana village under Patana police limits in Keonjhar district Thursday after a Booth Level Officer (BLO) was allegedly manhandled and briefly detained by villagers protesting discrepancies in the voter list. The incident occurred during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of...

Rajnagar: Police have registered a case against six persons, including an Ex cise sub-inspector (SI), an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), two constables and an alleged bootlegger for allegedly assaulting and harassing a youth who repeatedly complained against illegal liquor sales in Kendrapara district. The accused include...

Angul: An elephant calf that got trapped in a mud dy pond inside Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary was rescued by forest officials Thursday after a nearly 90-minute long oper ation. The incident occurred near Bargotha village under Tainsi panchayat in Pampasar forest range of the sanctuary...

Digapahandi: Two elderly farmers were killed after a speeding sand-laden dumper truck rammed into a bamboo-loaded bullock cart near the Paika Jagannathpur-Pratapgiri village sqaure under Sanakhe mundi block in Ganjam district early Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Bijay Goud alias Biji, 55, and...

Keonjhar: As many as 15 women secured licences for foreign liquor retail outlets in a lottery draw conducted by the district administration in Keonjhar Thursday. The lottery was held at the Darbar Hall of the Keonjhar Collectorate in the presence of Collector Vishal Singh. ADM...

Jajpur: At least eleven people have been injured, six of them critically, in a clash between two groups in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said Thursday. The incident took place at Bulakipur village in Jajpur Sadar police station area Wednesday night over a dispute regarding the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Thursday expressed displeasure over the manner in which the Centre approved the ambitious coastal highway project that allegedly differs from its original design and alignment. The party also claimed that the people of Odisha are unhappy over the exclusion of a...