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Bhubaneswar: Dry weather is very likely to prevail across Odisha in the next week, the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department in Bhubaneswar said Wednesday. Light to moderate rainfall occurred at one or two places across Odisha during the past 24 hours, IMD said....

Nabarangpur: The Nabarangpur district administration Tuesday launched ‘Aame Padhiba Aama Bhasare’, a mother tongue-based early education initiative, at the Block Conference Hall. Collector and District Magistrate Maheshwar Swain chaired the programme. The initiative will be implemented in 30 anganwadi centres in Raighar block as a...

Keonjhar: As many as 27 leopards and three cubs have been spotted in the Atei and Karlapat reserve forests under the Keonjhar forest division, Divisional Forest Officer HD Dhanaraj said. While 18 leopards were found in the Karlapat reserve forest in Telkoi, nine leopards and...

Koraput/Borigumma: A 16-year-old girl has been detained for allegedly killing her 45-year-old mother and 14-year-old brother in Borigumma area of Koraput district, police said Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Anushka Parida (45) and her son Ahem Parida (14), residents of Borigumma town. The murder...

Tarbha/Bolangir/Sonepur: Police in Subarnapur district have rescued a newlywed bride and arrested a man accused of abducting her at gunpoint while she was going to her in-laws’ house after marriage. The accused, Sanjeeb Sahu (35) of Badachhepapali village under Kantamal police limits in Boudh district,...

Baripada: Police arrested 16 people and detained 15 others for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man and thrashing of two other individuals over suspicion of child lifting at two different areas in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, officials said Tuesday. A mentally challenged man...

Koraput: Bodies of a woman and her son were recovered from separate places in Odisha's Koraput district, police said Tuesday. The police have detained the deceased woman's daughter and her boyfriend on suspicion of their involvement in the double murder. They were missing since February...

Jajpur: An eviction drive was carried out at the farmhouse of former Dharmasala MLA and BJD leader Pranab Kumar Balabantray in Odisha's Jajpur district over alleged encroachment of government land, officials said Wednesday. A team from Dharmasala tehsil administration, led by additional tahsildar Gagan Behari...

Nayagarh: A 12-hour bandh was called in Nayagarh town Tuesday from 6 am to 6 pm, demanding the establishment of a medical college in the district. Traders in Nayagarh closed their shops and business establishments in support of the bandh. Vehicular movement "was not disrupted"...

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds are very likely at isolated places in several districts of Odisha by 8:30 am Wednesday, according to the India Meteorological Department. Wind speeds are expected to reach 30-40 kmph in Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur and Mayurbhanj...