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Berhampur: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by around 10 people at an isolated place on Gopalpur beach, a renowned tourist destination in Odisha, police said. A case was registered at Gopalpur police station after the survivor, an undergraduate student of a private college, lodged...

Bhubaneswar: A central team, after inspecting diarrhoea and cholera-hit areas in Odisha's Jajpur, Monday said that cholera was at an endemic stage in the district. There is no cholera outbreak in the district; it is endemic with just a little surge in cases, Shibani Lahiri,...

Kendrapara: As the Crocodile Conservation Programme in India is all set to observe its 50th anniversary June 17, Odisha, the only state to house all three species of crocodiles, finds itself in a proud place in implementing the most successful conservation project of saltwater crocodiles....

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Congress Monday alleged that the BJP has failed to fulfil its poll promises made to the people of Odisha and that its 'double engine' government has "looted" the state and played with its identity. As the BJP government in Odisha completed its one...

Bhubaneswar: Ranarnaba Deb, younger brother of Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, died at the age of 67, family sources said Monday. Deb, popularly known as ‘Thata Raja' (part of the king's team), died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital. "He had been suffering from multiple...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have prepared a fool-proof security strategy to ensure a smooth and hassle-free Rath Yatra festival, which is scheduled to begin June 27, officials said. A high-level preparatory meeting, chaired by Director General of Police (DGP) YB Khurania, was held in this regard...

Bhubaneswar: Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee in Odisha's Puri has written to the ISKCON, urging it to ensure that Lord Jagannath's ceremonial bathing rituals and the Rath Yatra across the world are performed on the specific date sanctioned by scriptures and not to violate traditions....

Mahakalapara: The annual marine fishing ban imposed at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary of Kendrapara district ended Sunday, paving the way for thousands of local fishermen to return to the Bay of Bengal and resume operations. The ban, which has been in effect for seven and a...

Ersama/Baripada/Rourkela/Nandapur: At least six people drowned in separate incidents across the state Sunday, police said. In Mayurbhanj district, two youths drowned while bathing in the Palpala River inside Similipal National Park. Police said seven friends from Baripada town had gone to the park when four...

Baripada/Bargarh/Keonjhar/Kendrapara: Four people were killed and several others critically injured in separate lightning strike incidents during thunderstorms Sunday, officials said. In Mayurbhanj district, a 26-year-old man died and another was injured after lightning struck while they were taking shelter under a tree during a Kalbaishakhi-induced...