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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...

Naveen Patnaik BJD

BJD releases list of candidates for 15 Lok Sabha, 72 Assembly seats

Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday announced the first list of candidates for 72 Assembly and 15 parliamentary constituencies in the state for the simultaneous elections scheduled from May 13. Patnaik himself will contest from the Hinjili...

 

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