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Five poachers held in Similipal after AI camera alert

Baripada: Acting on a tip-off, forest officials of Podadiha and Kaptipada police arrested five poachers who had entered the forest for hunting. The incident took place in the Podadiha range of the Similipal core area, where the group was caught on an AI camera while...

Ambulance rams into truck in Dhenkanal; attendant killed

Dhenkanal: An ambulance attendant was killed, and the driver critically injured after a private ambulance rammed into a truck on National Highway 55 near Haladiabahal under Motanga police limits in Dhenkanal district Saturday morning. According to reports, ambulance was returning to Angul after dropping a...

OSRTC bus accident in Koraput leaves one dead, many injured

OSRTC bus accident in Koraput leaves one dead, many injured

Koraput: An OSRTC bus met with an accident at Sunki ghat under Pottangi block in Koraput district, leaving one person dead and several others injured. The Volvo bus (OD02DE5446) was travelling from Bhawanipatna to Visakhapatnam when the accident occurred around 2 a.m. near Panasamanagudi village,...

Odisha heatwave

Heatwave intensifies in Odisha; yellow alert for 11 districts

Bhubaneswar: Temperatures have again been climbing across Odisha after a brief spell of rain and thunderstorms, with hot and humid conditions returning to the state. The regional meteorological centre has forecast six days of uncomfortable weather from 11 April to 16, with temperatures likely to...

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Paddy rots in rain as lifting stalls

Tihidi: More than 70,000 quintals of paddy lie heaped in the open outside mandis across Tihidi block in Bhadrak district, with continuous rain soaking the stocks and even leading to sprouting, as delayed lifting by millers leaves farmers without payments and authorities struggling to prevent...

Elephant tramples woman, 8-year-old daughter to death

Bantala: A woman and her eight-year-old daughter were killed in an elephant attack while returning home after watching a Danda Nacha performance late Thursday night in Angul district. The father narrowly escaped. The incident occurred near an orchard at the entrance of Madhupur village under...

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2-month sea fishing ban begins April 15

Baliapal: Thousands of fisherfolk along Odisha’s coastal belt are set to face a livelihood crisis as a two-month ban on sea fishing begins April 15. Once the ban comes into force, families dependent on daily catches will face a sudden loss of income with no...

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Odisha: POCSO court convicts man in minor rape, murder case

Angul: A special POCSO court in Angul has convicted 40-year-old Babula Jena in connection with the rape and murder of a minor girl. The verdict was delivered by the additional district judge-cum-special court under the POCSO Act, nearly one year after the accused’s arrest. The...

 

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