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Bhubaneswar: A former Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) has been arrested by Odisha Vigilance on charges of siphoning off over Rs 53 lakh in government funds. The alleged embezzlement took place in the Daringbadi block of Kandhamal district, officials confirmed Thursday. Following intimation by the Panchayati...

Berhampur: A 38-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Thursday. The incident took place at Mundamarai village under Dharakote police station limits Wednesday afternoon. The accused, identified as Anjana Nayak, was arrested as she had confessed to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday said all schools and anganwadi centres in Jajpur will remain closed till June 24 and those in Bhadrak till June 21 in the wake of a diarrhoea outbreak, officials said. The district administrations of Jajpur and Bhadrak have issued separate...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday declared a half-day holiday in all state-run offices, revenue and executive magistrate courts here in view of the possible traffic congestion during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit June 20. According to a notification issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would visit Odisha in the second week of July to address a public meeting here, OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das said Thursday. Speaking to media persons here, Das said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge would visit the state along...

Bhubaneswar: The 10 accused, who allegedly raped a college student at Gopalpur June 15, also extorted Rs 1,000 from the victim and her male companion after the sexual assault, investigators said Thursday. The prime accused, a B Tech dropout who was out on bail in...

Bhograi: Three tourists swept away by strong currents while taking a bath at Mandarmani beach near Digha here. While one of them died, another was rescued, but the third person is missing till the last report came in. The incident occurred despite repeated warnings by...

Morada: A 71-year old woman died while another person sustained critical injuries in separate incidents of elephant attack under Rasagovindpur forest range near here in Mayurbhanj district Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Nangi Hansdah, 71, of Dakashola under Nalagaja gram panchayat (GP) and...

Baripada: At a time when the gangrape of a college girl on Gopalpur beach has triggered massive outrage, another such incident has come to the fore wherein a married woman was allegedly raped by a gang of four under Baripada Sadar police station in Mayurbhanj...

Bhanjanagar: A poacher was electrocuted after coming in contact with a live wire laid by him to hunt wild animals at a jungle under Jagannathprasad forest range and North Ghumusar forest division near here in Ganjam district. The deceased was identified as Surath Pradhan, 45,...