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Puri: Panic gripped passengers of a public bus Tuesday after a youth suddenly boarded the vehicle and attacked travellers with a sharp weapon in Puri district, a source said. The ‘Ama Bus’ was en route from Harasapada to Sukal when the assailant, for reasons yet...

Balasore: Balasore district administration has imposed restrictions on timing of shops remaining open in the municipality area till Diwali, an official said. In a letter to the Superintendent of Police (SP), Balasore District Collector and District Magistrate on Monday said that all shops within the...

Balasore: Over 20 people from West Bengal were injured when a bus in which they were travelling overturned on National Highway 16 in Odisha's Balasore district Tuesday, police said. The accident took place near Radhaballabhpur Chhak under the Simulia Police Station limits around 2 am,...

Paralakhemundi: More than seven decades after Independence, residents of four remote villages in Gajapati district remain deprived of road connectivity, forcing them to walk long and treacherous routes for essential services. In Rayagada block, the villages of Tarabasing, Jhulasahi, Surangi, and Asangala—home to over 600...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Khurda district committee Monday staged a protest rally and demonstration at Master Canteen Square, opposing the state government’s recent move to extend labourers’ daily working hours from eight to ten. Leaders, including Suresh Panigrahi, Pradeepta Nayak, Pushpa...

Rourkela: Odisha Police has been alerted that the body of a hotelier from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands may have been dumped in the Brahmani river near Rourkela in late July following a premeditated murder in Tamil Nadu. According to investigators, the victim, Niamat Ali,...

Bargarh: In a major success, Bargarh district police busted an interstate criminal gang involved in gun running and drug trafficking and arrested 15 accused, including three from Chhattisgarh. Acting on a tip-off regarding the illegal transportation, possession, and sale of cough syrup and firearms, police...

Barbil: Rugudi police in Keonjhar district seized five trucks allegedly involved in the illegal transportation of iron ore from the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) stockyard at Nuagaon Udalabadi early Monday morning. One person has been detained for questioning, while the truck drivers managed to flee...

Anandapur/Ghasipura: Kumar Purnima celebrations turned into mourning as a 17-year-old girl died in a wall collapse Monday at Madanpur village under Ramachandrapur police limits in Keonjhar district. The deceased was identified as Seemarani Chakra, daughter of Sarat Chakra. Police registered a case and launched an...

Binjharpur/Bari: A woman was dragged by a crocodile into the Kharasrota river while she was washing herself in the water body near Kantia village under Bodua panchayat and Bari block in Jajpur district Monday afternoon. The victim was identified as Soudamini Mahala, 55, wife of...