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Puri: The man who saved the life of the 15-year-old girl, kidnapped and set on fire by some men in Odisha's Puri district, recounted Sunday the 90 minutes that he spent after she knocked on his door with cries of "save me, save me". Dukshishyam...

Bhubaneswar: Petrol pump dealers across Odisha will stop selling fuel in loose containers starting Monday, state petroleum dealers’ association announced Sunday. Shashank Shekhar Sahu, president of the association, said petrol will now be dispensed only into vehicle tanks. Though this rule already exists, he admitted...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: The Odisha Vigilance Department unearthed immovable assets -115 plots and a four-storeyed building - from the possession of a divisional forest officer (DFO) and his family members, officials said Sunday. On the allegation of possession of assets, disproportionate to his known source of income,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday expressed deep anguish over the horrific incident in Balanga area of Puri district, where a minor girl was set ablaze by miscreants. In a post on X, the Chief Minister stated, "I am deeply pained by the...

Puri: Minister of State for Railways V Somanna inspected the redevelopment works underway at the Puri railway station in Odisha Sunday. He also visited the 12th-century Jagannath Temple along with his family in the seaside town. "Over the past decade, railway infrastructure in the region...

Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after three miscreants set her ablaze in Odisha's Puri district, was airlifted to Delhi Sunday, officials said. Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena told reporters that a green corridor was set up to take the patient...

Bhubaneswar: At least five people were killed and seven others seriously injured in two separate road accidents in Odisha, police said Sunday. The accidents took place in Koraput and Nayagarh districts, the police said. Four people were killed and another seriously injured after two cars...

Balasore: The Odisha Police Saturday spotted in the CCTV footage of a filling station a woman, of an age nearly that of the student who set herself on fire on the campus of the Balasore college, buying petrol in a bottle around the same time,...

Tumudibandh: A Class X tribal student at a government-run residential girls’ high school in Kandhamal district has been found pregnant, prompting a formal complaint and investigation by local police. The incident came to light at the Rangaparu Government Residential Girls’ High School, located in Belghar...

Berhampur: A special POCSO court in Berhampur Saturday convicted and sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 9-year-old girl in 2023. The accused, Rohit Naik of Badagada police limits in Ganjam district, was also fi ned Rs 5,000....