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Mining firm razes forest to make way for minerals

Joda: A mining firm has allegedly denuded a forest land of its green cover to facilitate transportation of minerals from Ingani jharan BC Dev mines under Joda mining division in Keonjhar district. On being informed, the Forest Department conducted a probe and stopped the transportation...

Six Naxals killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Malkangiri/Bijapur: Six Naxalites, including deputy commander Punem Nagesh, his wife, and another female cadre, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district bordering Malkangiri district Wednesday, a police officer said. Many other Naxalites were believed to have been injured in the...

260gm brown sugar seized; one arrested

Jaleswar: Police seized 260gm brown sugar worth Rs26 lakh and arrested a peddler in this connection at Malgodam Chhak under Jaleswar police limits in Balasore district Tuesday evening. This was stated by Jaleswar SDPO Dillip Kumar Sahu during a press conference organised at Jaleswar PS...

Speeding OSRTC bus mows down two youths

Bolangir: In a tragic mishap, two bike-borne youths were crushed to death after a speeding OSRTC bus ran over them near Bhadrapali Chhak on Bolangir-Sonepur road (NH57) in Bolangir district Wednesday morning. The deceased bikers were identified as Himanshu Shekhar Mohapatra, 23, a resident of...

Miscreants hurl bomb in Sambalpur, two injured

Sambalpur: At least two persons were injured after unidentified people hurled crude bombs in Sambalpur city of Odisha, police said. The incident took place at Pirbaba Chhak in Town police station area Tuesday night when the assailants hurled crude bombs that hit a parked motorcycle,...

Holi Odisha Drowning

Eight drown after Holi celebrations in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: At least eight persons, including four students, drowned while taking bath after celebrating Holi in five Odisha districts, police said. While three students drowned in Cuttack, two persons died in Balasore and one each in Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam and Sambalpur districts, they said. The incidents...

 

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