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Baripada: A 10-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by a 20-year-old youth of her community in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said Tuesday. Quoting the FIR filed by the survivor's family, police said the youth raped the girl when she went outside her house in Jashipur...

Berhampur: A man who had been absconding for six years in connection with the alleged rape of two minor girls in Odisha's Balasore district was arrested from Karnataka for his involvement in a recent murder in the city, police said Tuesday. The accused, who had...

Jajpur: Tension prevailed at Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital in Odisha Tuesday after a 32-year-old man died allegedly due to the administration of a wrong injection by hospital staff, police said. The deceased has been identified as Bharat Das, a resident of Dharmasala block in Jajpur...

Kendrapara: An 82-year-old man was killed in a crocodile attack at a village in Odisha's Kendrapara district Tuesday, an official said. The incident took place at Malatipatna village when Panchanan Das, a cattle grazer, was dragged by the reptile in Brahmani River. His body was...

Kendrapara: The Odisha Police Tuesday said that the 19-year-old female college student, whose charred body was found in her house in Kendrapara district August 6, had died by suicide and it was not a case of honour killing as alleged earlier. A day after the...

Malkangiri: Champa Raspeda of Odisha's Malkangiri district became the first student from the Didayi, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), to clear NEET-2025 and secure admission into Fakir Mohan Medical College & Hospital, Balasore. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed happiness over the student's achievement....

Sambalpur: A murder accused was injured in an encounter with security personnel in Odisha's Sambalpur city in the early hours of Tuesday when he allegedly attempted to escape from custody, police said. The incident took place near Khandual area in the city when a police...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed Odisha Tuesday as the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, the IMD said. Among the districts that received heavy rain are Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Gajapati and Kandhamal, it said. "The depression over northwest and...

Bolangir: A clash broke out between police and villagers in Biripali village under Bangomunda police limits of Bolangir district when officers tried to rescue a couple, a video of which later went viral on social media. According to sources, a man from Biripali had earlier...

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: A team of doctors from SCB Medical College and Hospital, Odisha’s premier government-run health unit, Monday flew to the far-flung Malkangiri district on the southernmost tip of the state to provide critical healthcare facilities as part of the air health service under the Mukhyamantri...