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Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded three new Covid-19 cases, of which none is in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,88,390. Active caseload in the state now stands at 84. Out of total...

Jagatsinghpur: In a bizarre incident, a man was garlanded with footwear and tied in front of a moving truck as punishment for allegedly stealing a mobile phone in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur. As per reports, the incident took place near the Bhutamundai overbridge along the Chandikhol-Paradip road...

Bargarh/Anandapur: A couple was crushed to death after their motorcycle collided head-on with a speeding car at Sarandapali under Barpali block of Bargarh district while two others were killed in another mishap on Anandapur-Thakurmunda road in Mayurbhanj district Monday. The deceased have been identified as...

Bolangir: The recent series mishaps near the RTO Square in Bolangir district that killed one person and injured two others critically was pre-planned, said superintendent of police (SP) Nitin Kusalkar while addressing a presser Monday. Kusalkar said, “The death of a youth in road mishap...

Berhampur: Sibani Das, a nursing officer of state-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Odisha's Berhampur, has been selected for the National Florence Nightingale Award 2021. Fifty-year-old Das has been selected for the highest nursing honour in the country instituted by the Indian Nursing Council...

Nabarangpur: As many as 315 villages in this district are yet to be connected with power supply due to sheer negligence of the Energy department and power distribution companies. This is the sad state of affairs in this tribal dominated district even after 73 years...

Berhampur: A 35-yearold auto-rickshaw driver here in Ganjam district has won accolades for returning a gold necklace worth around Rs 1.6 lakh to a female passenger who had accidentally left it in his vehicle a few days ago. The auto-rickshaw driver identified as Pankaj Behera...

Bhanjanagar: The fish farmers here have long been demanding revival of an old fish fingerling production centre near the College Road under this NAC of Ganjam district which has been lying unused for over three decades. Sources said the facility has turned into a dumping...

Phulbani: A member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) carrying a huge bounty on his head surrendered before Kandhamal police, an officer said Sunday. The surrendered Maoist identified as Ashok Pune belongs to Chhattisgarh’s Dala village. He surrendered before Kandhamal SP Vinit Agarwal who welcomed his...

Patnagarh: The Bolangir divisional forest officer (DFO) has suspended forester of Larambha section Bagawat Das and forest guard Gopal Gadtia on charges of corrupt practices. Reports said that the forester Das had seized the tractor of Karuna Mishra, a resident of Bahal village, February 22...