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Malkangiri: Allegations of child trafficking and forced religious conversion have resurfaced in Malkangiri district after police rescued 13 minors from a private bus Monday. The bus named Sai Krishna, was en route to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh when authorities intercepted it near the Malkangiri police...

Sambalpur: Forest officials arrested a couple for allegedly trespassing and poaching inside Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary under the Hirakud Wildlife Division in Sambalpur district, officials said. The accused were identified as Surendra Khadia (40), and Rashmi Khadia (30) of Lavantikra village. The couple was produced in...

Deogarh: Police arrested four men in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a young woman in Barkote under Deogarh district. The accused, identified as Udia Dhibar (26), Doctor Bhuyan (33), Manoj Mahakul (22) and Kengalu Nayak (28), were taken into custody and produced in court...

Balasore: A man and his sister-in-law were found hanging inside his house in Odisha's Balasore district Monday, police said. The incident took place at Sahada village within Chandipur police limits. Police said, prima facie, the deaths appear to be a case of suicide by hanging,...

Bhubaneswar: A heatwave warning was issued for six districts of Odisha for Tuesday, while hot and humid weather conditions were forecast in 11 others, officials said. Heatwave conditions are likely to prevail in Jharsuguda, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Boudh, Nayagarh and Sonepur districts, they said. Among the...

Keonjhar: A tribal man in Odisha's Keonjhar district Monday brought the skeleton of his dead sister to a bank to withdraw the money deposited in her name, police said. The incident occurred at Maliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank located at Patana block of Keonjhar...

Mayurbhanj: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) said it will probe the death of a class 5 tribal student and the illness of more than 100 others after they allegedly consumed stale food at a state-run residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. The move...

Berhampur: The district administration in Odisha's Ganjam Monday launched free auto-rickshaw ambulance services to ferry pregnant women and children below the age of one year from remote areas to nearby health centres. The 'Nirikhyana Sathi' initiative was inaugurated by Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vassan at...

Bhawanipatna: A man and his nephew were killed in a road accident involving a motorcycle and a pick-up van in Odisha's Kalahandi district Monday, police said. The accident took place at Budipadar Chhak within Junagarh block when a pick-up van hit a motorcycle, resulting in...

Baripada: Five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said. Both the accidents took place within Karanjia police station limits in the tribal-dominated district, they said. A couple riding a motorcycle was killed after a head-on collision with an...