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Kendrapara: Police detained a youth Saturday after he allegedly threatened two young women with a machete outside Derabish College in Odisha's Kendrapara district. A video of the incident, which has since surfaced on social media, showed two young women standing near the college gate while...

Thuamul Rampur: More than 2,000 tribal residents and environmental activists took part in a protest rally in Odisha's Kalahandi district on World Environment Day Friday, demanding cancellation of the proposed mining lease at Khandualmali and warning of a mass boycott of elections if their concerns...

Bhubaneswar: Nor’wester rain accompanied by gusty winds swept through Bhubaneswar Saturday afternoon, bringing much-needed relief from hot and humid conditions but disrupting normal life, uprooting trees, waterlogging roads and damaging infrastructure in several parts of the city. Kalabaisakhi impact, Bhubaneswar pic.twitter.com/Cz7laUcQYQ — Odisha Weatherman (@OdishaWeather7)...

Bolangir: Revati Swain, daughter of a daily wage labourer from Bolangir district, has emerged as topper in the postgraduate examinations at Rajendra University, securing a CGPA of 9.67 and earning widespread praise for her achievement. A student of the Department of Zoology, Revati topped the...

Deogarh: Forest officials Saturday recovered carcass of a male elephant calf from the Kundheigola Forest Section under Reamal Forest Range in Deogarh district. After receiving information, forester Manmath Behera, Forest Guard Bahan Behera and other personnel rushed to the spot. According to source, a herd...

Baliguda: Odisha Vigilance Saturday launched simultaneous searches at nine locations linked to Baikuntha Nath Behera, assistant executive engineer of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Baliguda, over allegations of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The searches are being conducted in Bhubaneswar,...

Bhanjanagar: A power utility worker employed under Tata Power in Ganjam district allegedly died of heatstroke while duty Friday. The deceased, identified as Durga Madhab Jena, 45, of Bichhuati near Bhanjanagar, was engaged in electrical maintenance work near Dumakumpa when he reportedly fell ill amid...

Sambalpur: A state-of-the-art Trauma Care Centre built at a cost of more than Rs 21 crore on the premises of the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Sambalpur remains non-functional even four months after its inauguration, raising concerns over the utilisation of healthcare infrastructure and emergency...

Kendrapara: In a dramatic fight for survival, a 40-year-old man narrowly escaped death after battling a giant estuarine crocodile for more than ten minutes when the reptile attacked him while he was bathing inside a fenced bathing ghat on the Brahmani River in Kendrapara district....

Jaleswar: In a major blow to the illegal liquor trade in Balasore district, police Thursday night raided and sealed a clandestine country liquor manufacturing unit in Jaleswar, seizing around 4,500 litres of spurious liquor, a cache of weapons and several incriminating documents. The illegal unit,...