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Nishchintakoili: In a tragic incident, two toddlers drowned in a pond at Ramakrushnapur village under this block in Cuttack district Saturday. The victims were identified as Kameshwar, 2, son of Dilip Kumar Sahu of Ramakrushnapur village under Nishchintakoili block, and Bhagyalaxmi, 3, daughter of Ballabh...

Rourkela: Kuarmunda, a small town in Odisha's tribal-dominated Sundargarh district, observed a 12-hour bandh Saturday in protest against the Pahalgam attack. As a mark of protest against the April 22 bloodbath, residents voluntarily shut down shops and business establishments in a show of solidarity with...

Berhampur: Police Saturday evening arrested a 27-year-old man on the charge of rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl in Odisha's Ganjam district. The accused is a distant relative of the deceased, said an official. The girl was missing since Friday evening, when a festival...

Bhawanipatna: Odisha Police Saturday recovered the bodies of a man and a girl hanging from a tree in Odisha's Kalahandi district. The bodies of a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were found hanging from a tree at Kaodala village under Ampani police station area...

Bolangir: Fifty-three-year-old Pakistan-born Sharada Kukreja, who has been living in Odisha's Bolangir district for 35 years after marrying an Indian citizen, Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi not to separate her from her family as she has been...

Balasore: A three-member NIA team Saturday recorded the statement of Priyadarshani, whose husband, Prashant Satpathy, a CIPET employee, was among the 26 people killed in the Pahalgam terror attack, an official said. The team of the National Investigation Agency reached Satpathy's native village Ishani, under...

Rourkela: A largescale tax evasion racket in the construction of carriages of heavy cargo vehicles has come to light in and around Rourkela, sources said Friday. Though the vehicles are purchased and modified in Odisha, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) filings are being done...

Baripada: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Chief Wildlife Warden Prem Kumar Jha announced on social media platform X that the number of Royal Bengal tigers in Similipal has increased to 40 — a development that has brought joy to wildlife enthusiasts. Efforts are...

Bolangir: Two people were killed Friday afternoon when a tree fell on a moving auto-rickshaw during a thunderstorm near Kasabahal village under Puintala block in Bolangir district. The incident occurred during a Nor’wester storm, which brought strong winds and light rain. A large neem tree...

Malkangiri: A large number of live turtles were seized by the Motu Forest department in Kalimela block of Malkangiri district, officials said. Based on a tip-off regarding interstate turtle smuggling, forest officials set up a vehicle checkpoint at the Motu outpost early Friday morning. After...