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Kesinga: An MSME park in Kurlupada village under Kesinga block in Kalahandi district has remained incomplete for five years despite an expenditure of Rs 12 crore, triggering resentment among farmers who lost their land for the project. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) park...

Talcher: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought responses from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL), the state government, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Angul District Collector, East Coast Railway (ECoR) and the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) over worsening air pollution in Talcher in...

Jaleswar: Balasore police arrested four persons, including a woman, and seized 279 gram brown sugar in two separate raids conducted Friday. In the first operation, an eight-member police team led by Sub-Inspector Banita Nayak raided the home of Rubina Bibi, 27, in Rajpur village. After...

Bhadrak: A 28-year-old woman attempted self-immolation inside the district Collectorate premises in Bhadrak Saturday, alleging she was denied employment after completing a Diploma in Early Child Care (DECC) course. The woman, Bijayalakshmi Das of Shyamsundarpur village under Tihidi block, set her clothes on fire with...

Jajpur Road/Dharmasala: The district administration Saturday sealed Laxmi Hospital in Jajpur Road following a case involving the delivery of a minor girl who was allegedly impregnated by a 70-year-old man. Earlier, police arrested the hospital owner and the accused in the case and forwarded them...

Chhatarpur: Police in Chhatrapur have solved the murder of a 28-year-old youth within 24 hours of case registration and arrested three people in connection with the crime. The victim, R. Raja Rao of Aruguni village, was allegedly attacked with a sword and sticks near Rikapalli...

Rourkela: A sales manager of a pharmaceutical company was found dead under suspicious circumstances at a house in the Civil Township area under Raghunathpali police limits Saturday morning, with cops suspecting foul play. The deceased, identified as Bhagirathi Swain, 35, from the Nuagaon area of...

Kendrapara: Five staff members of a private English-medium school in Rajkanika, including four teachers and a peon, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a Class VII girl student over the past two months. According to Sukanta Kumar Patra, SDPO of...

Bhubaneswar: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will begin across Odisha April 1, State Chief Electoral Officer R Santhanagopalan said Saturday. Santhagopalan said preparatory work, including a mapping exercise, is underway to ensure smooth implementation of the revision process ahead of upcoming elections. Santhagopalan...

Chhatrapur: The delimitation of the newly formed Chhatrapur Municipality has triggered political tension, with opposition leaders staging a protest Friday in front of the Ganjam Collectorate against the inclusion of five gram panchayats. Protesters rallied against the decision to include Aryapalli, Kanamana, Agasti Nuagan, Podapadar...