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Raipur: In a major breakthrough in Chhattisgarh’s ongoing anti-Maoist campaign, security forces Wednesday neutralised two senior Maoist leaders - Vijay Reddy and Lokesh Salame - in a fierce gunfight in the forested “Banda Pahad” region near Karekatta village in Manpur-Mohla-Ambagarh Chowki district. The encounter, which...

Berhampur: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling on Wednesday said enlivening others in the aftermath of one's death through organ donation is a higher order of noble acts. He said this while addressing an event organised here on the occasion of World Organ...

Jharsuguda: A special POCSO court in Jharsuguda district of Odisha Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old person to life imprisonment for raping a blind minor girl in Rengali police station area of the district in May this year. As per the case details, May 2, the victim,...

Bhubaneswar: Following back-to-back su*cides of college students in Odisha, the police have launched awareness programmes in various educational institutions in the northern and western regions of the state. The state's Higher Education Department is also set to begin a campaign in all colleges and universities...

Kendrapara: 13-year-old girl died allegedly by suicide at her house in Pattamundai town in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said on Wednesday. The minor studied in Class 9 at a government-run school in the district. Police recovered the body of the girl hanging from a ceiling...

Bhadrak: The Odisha Police Wednesday suspended an assistant sub-inspector on the charge of negligence while dealing with a minor girl's abduction case. SP Manoj Raut ordered the suspension of the ASI of Dhamnagar police station, after he “failed to trace the victim or the accused...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday decided to set up 38 model mandis (agri marketing yards) in 30 districts of the state in two years with a cost of Rs 300 crore, an official said. At a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has...

Jajpur: Two women, including a priestess, were arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district for allegedly beating up two girls with canes to remove "black magic spell" on one of them, police said Wednesday. The two girls - the victim and the other who tried to rescue...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari Wednesday appealed to the district revenue ministerial employees to call off their mass leave strike and return to their work immediately. The minister noted that the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Revenue Department has directed all Collectors to...

Jajpur: A 17-year-old tribal girl from Odisha's Jajpur district was allegedly trafficked to Madhya Pradesh, where she was sold and married off to the buyer, police said Wednesday. Though the incident took place a fortnight ago, it came to light after the family of the...