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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...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Thursday forecast that day temperature is very likely to be 40 degrees Celsius or above at most places over the districts of Odisha and likely to be above normal by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius over many...

Bhubaneswar: Women voters outnumber men in the four Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha that go to polls May 13, the first phase in the state and the fourth across the country. Briefing reporters, chief electoral officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal said Berhampur, Koraput, Kalahandi and...

Kendraparal: Struggling to meet the rising expenses of the upcoming assembly elections, a former Congress MLA in Odisha recently sold off a portion of his ancestral land to fund his daughter who is contesting as a candidate. Debendra Sharma, who represented Aul assembly constituency in...

New Delhi: DRDO has conducted a successful flight test of the Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM). The missile is equipped with advanced avionics and software to ensure better and more reliable performance. The flight of the missile was also monitored from the Su-30-Mk-I aircraft of...

Bhubaneswar: With the Election Commission of India issuing notification for the simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly, the nomination paper filing process started Thursday. The candidates can file nomination papers for Odisha's four Lok Sabha constituencies and 28 assembly segments between 11am and...

Keonjhar: The traditional ‘Akhand Shikar’, an annual religious ritual of tribals has led to the destruction of forest cover and the loss of lives of wild animals in this district, officials and environmentalists stated here Wednesday. This ritual has led to human-animal conflicts leading to...

Berhampur: A girl who tried to die by suicide by jumping before a moving train succumbed to her injuries at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here, late Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Jenna Litikika of Krushna-chandrapur locality near Tekkali in Srikakulam district...