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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...

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...

Odisha temperature

Mercury to rise in Odisha over next three days

Bhubaneswar: The mercury will rise by up to 4 degrees Celsius in Odisha over the next three days, the weather office said Monday. The maximum temperature will rise by 2-4 degrees Celsius, while the minimum will increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius, it said. There will...

 

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