Nandapur: Ginger growers in Koraput district have alleged that weak marketing arrangements are denying them fair prices despite large-scale production of the spice, which has received recognition as a single-crop speciality of the district. The district Horticulture department has set a production target of 58,121 tonnes duringthe  2025–26 Rabi season, as ginger was cultivated on 4,223 hectares...

Pattamundai: A woman and her toddler daughter narrowly escaped an alleged attempt by her father-in-law to burn them alive for giving birth to a girl child in Kendrapara district, police said Friday. The incident took place late Thursday night in Damarapur village under Pattamundai rural police station limits. Police registered a case and detained the accused father-in-law...

Patnagarh: Police Friday arrested two men in connection with the murder of a youth whose blood-soaked body was recovered near Kadopani Chhak under Larambha police station limits in Bolangir district. The arrested accused were identified as Sudam Bariha and Arjun Bariha. Police produced them before a court, which rejected their bail pleas and remanded them to judicial...

Ranapur: A 23-year-old youth was sent to judicial custody and a minor was detained for questioning in connection with the alleged rape of a minor girl in Nayagarh district, police said Friday. The incident was reported from Ranapur police station limits Thursday. Acting on a complaint lodged by the victim’s family, police registered a case (26/26) under...

Balasore: Three wagons of a goods train derailed in Balasore district Friday, officials said. There was no report of any injury in the goods train derailment at Rupsa station in the Bhadrak-Kharagpur section of South Eastern Railway (SER), they said. The incident occurred at around 10am while the goods train was departing the Rupsa station after unloading...

Nabarangpur: Forest officials arrested three persons and seized a leopard hide during a late-night operation in the Kodinga forest range of Nabarangpur district, officials said. The accused were identified as Dasaru Harijan, Balaram Das and Dhansingh Das, all residents of Deulakana under Jharigaon block. They have been detained for further interrogation to ascertain the source of the...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam police have launched Operation Anweshan to trace missing women and children across the district and rescued 46 persons within two days of the drive. According to police, the operation has so far led to the rescue of 35 women and 11 minors, including girls and boys. On the first day of the operation, Thursday, police...

Bargaon: Police in Sundargarh district arrested two men for allegedly circulating obscene photographs and videos of a young woman on social media, officials said Friday. The accused were identified as Pramod Kumar Dip, 38, and Kshirod Kumar Gandha, 32, both residents of Jarangloi village under Bargaon police station limits. According to the police, one of the accused...

Pallahara: An elephant calf was rescued by forest officials after it got trapped in a fishing net in the Rengali River near Haripur village in Pallahara, Angul district. The calf became entangled in the net while crossing the river Thursday evening, authorities said. Following a strenuous effort, the forest department safely freed the elephant from the net...

Berhampur: Doctors at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here have successfully performed a rare surgery to remove a tumour from the spine of an 18-year-old girl student, hospital authorities said. The patient, Manisha Jena of Dengapadar village under Kukudakhandi block in Ganjam district, had been experiencing severe pain for more than a month due to the...