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Pallahara: In a bizarre incident, a woman allegedly barged into the house of Pallahara BJD MLA Mukesh Kumar Pal with a marriage proposal in Angul district Monday night. Also read: Mystery shrouds death of college girl whose body was found on roadside in Jajpur district The...

Joda: Despite frequent raids by police, forest and mines officials, illegal mining and mineral transportation have not been stopped in Keonjhar district. In most cases, forest and police officials have been seizing illegally mined minerals in various parts of the district while the mining officials...

Deogarh: Even as people to be displaced (once again) by the Talcher-Bimalagarh railway project in Deogarh are demanding high compensation for their land, the administration has initiated the groundwork for the project. Notably, Talcher-Bimalagarh railway project is hanging fire due to land hurdle in different...

Bhubaneswar: Fuel prices here were hiked again with petrol increasing by 61 paisa and diesel by 64 paisa. The revised rates for petrol and diesel in the city stood at Rs 86.97 and Rs 83.32 respectively. Fuel prices, which vary from state to state depending...

Bhawanipatna: Odisha Police arrested Wednesday five cyber miscreants. They allegedly withdrew money from the bank account of a senior citizen of Kalahandi district, an official said. The cyber miscreants in the past also had committed similar crimes, the official added. An official statement was issued...

Jajpur: The body of a Plus-III 2nd year student of Ramadevi Women’s University, Bhubaneswar was found on roadside at Mulapala area under Kuakhia police limits in Jajpur district Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Jharaphula Nayak of Marundeiposi village under Jashipur police limits in...

Kesinga: Odisha Water Resources Minister Raghunandan Das and Narla MLA Bhupindar Singh Wednesday visited Kesinga block in Kalahandi district and assured local farmers a lift irrigation project on Tel River soon. The minister also identified the place where the lift irrigation project will be established....

Nuapada: A security guard engaged at the Nuapada district headquarters hospital (DHH) died while undergoing treatment Tuesday afternoon. He had fallen sick after being administered the COVID-19 vaccine injection January 23. The 27-year-old security guard was identified as Nanikaram Keunt of Dianmunda village in Nuapada...

Banki: Even as several other states have confirmed the outbreak of ‘bird flu’ across India, a large number of avian guests were found dead in Banki Gada area of Cuttack district Wednesday morning. Also read: Vigilance sleuths raid houses of junior engineer in Bhubaneswar Local villagers...

Berhampur: In a major crackdown, Sadar police busted a fake cold drink manufacturing unit during a raid on a house at Raula Sukunda village near Berhampur city in Ganjam district Tuesday afternoon. Also read: Here’s all you need to know about Padma Shri awardee Shanti...