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Andhra Pradesh plantation drive

Now, Andhra Pradesh’s plantation drive in Ghatiguda

Nandapur/Padua: Residents of Ghatiguda village under Khinbar panchayat in Nandapur block of Koraput district have alleged that authorities from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh are carrying out plantation of shade trees for coffee cultivation on an Odisha hill after claiming it as their own territory. Villagers further...

Funeral

Sons fight; cops perform elderly woman’s last rites

Balasore: A dispute between two brothers over their mother’s funeral rites allegedly left the elderly woman’s body unattended to for nearly 10 hours in Balasore district before police personnel stepped in to perform the rites. The incident occurred at Lokanathpur under Basta police limits Tuesday...

Tuskar attack

Tusker attack leaves man critical

Khurda: A man from Khurda district was critically injured after being attacked by an elephant while collecting mangoes from his orchard Tuesday morning, officials and locals said. The victim, Dasarathi Jena of Malipada village under Jankia police limits, sustained severe injuries, including fractures to his...

Khaprakhol

Carried in sling, woman loses twin newborn boys

Khaprakhol: A pregnant woman from Charabhata village under Ghunasar panchayat in Khaprakhol block of Bolangir district had to be carried in a sling for more than 1.5 km to reach an ambulance because her hamlet lacks a motorable road, an ordeal that ended in tragedy...

Woman, son ‘assaulted’ inside police station in Odisha

Woman, son ‘assaulted’ inside police station in Odisha

Rajnagar: A woman and her son were allegedly assaulted and tortured inside the Talachua Marine Police Station in Kendrapara district after they visited the police station to lodge a complaint, a report said Tuesday. According to the complaint fi led Tuesday by Annapurna Mandal (58)...

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IPL betting rackets busted in Odisha; 18 nabbed

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police arrested 18 persons and seized Rs 36.85 lakh in cash while freezing Rs 39.42 lakh in bank accounts allegedly linked to IPL betting activities. Authorities also confiscated two cars and 13 mobile phones used in the illegal operation. According to a press...

 

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