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Kendrapara: The Odisha government suspended Kendrapara District Excise Superintendent, Debi Prasad Mishra, Friday for dereliction of duty. Acting on the inquiry report of the Joint Commissioner of the Excise Department, the state government placed Kendrapara Excise Superintendent under suspension for negligence in his duty. Additionally,...

Balasore: A local court in Odisha's Balasore district Friday sentenced a couple to life imprisonment for the murder of their differently-abled minor child in 2022. Additional Sessions Judge Biswajit Das delivered the verdict, ordering Ganesh Jena and his second wife Pratima Jena, residents of Chandmaripadia...

Jharsuguda: At least two persons were killed and seven others were missing as a boat they were travelling in capsized in Mahanadi River in Odisha's Jharsuguda district Friday, police said. The incident took place when the boat carrying around 50 passengers was going from Patharseni...

Sundargarh: Hockey India president, former India captain and star player Dilip Tirkey aims at scoring a winning goal in the electoral field as the Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Lok Sabha candidate from Odisha's Sundargarh constituency, where hockey is not just a sport but a way...

Rourkela: With the district administration making elaborate security arrangements to tackle any unpleasant situation, Ram Navami celebrations in Sundargarh district remained peaceful. Contrary to other areas in the district, the procession was taken out Thursday in Rourkela. “This is the tradition we have been following...

Hatadihi: A woman from Sadha village under this block in Keonjhar district, whose organs were donated following her death with the written consent of her family members, was given a guard of honour during her funeral Thursday by the district administration. The deceased woman was...

Bhubaneswar: Noted writer and painter Prafulla Mohanti, who is a British citizen of Indian origin, recently converted his two-storey house in Nanpur village of Jajpur district into an art gallery, which was recently opened on his 90th birthday. The gallery titled ‘The Creative Hands’ houses...

Keonjhar: A court in Odisha's Keonjhar district Thursday sentenced a 29-year-old man to life in jail for raping and impregnating a minor girl, who tragically died after delivering a stillborn. Keonjhar POCSO court judge Bijay Kumar Mishra pronounced the verdict against convict Ansuman Mohapatra after...

Malkangiri: In a breakthrough, the BSF personnel Thursday recovered huge explosive materials and arms from two Maoist dumps in the Bejangiwada Reserve Forest area in Odisha’s Malkangiri district. Officials sources said a Joint Operation was carried out by BSF troops of COB- Bodigetta, COB- MPV...

Kendrapara: In a tragic incident, two people, including a sexagenarian widow, drowned in two separate incidents in Kendrapara district Thursday. Police said a 23-year-old youth, Sebak Rath of Talakusuma village under Kudanagari police limits, had gone to the Chitrotpatla river along with his friends to...