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Keonjhar: In the heart of Keonjhar district, a once-thriving village has faded into near oblivion, with only one family left behind as others fled years of administrative neglect. Tankagadia, a small village under Gedama panchayat in Hatadihi block, was home to around 10 to 12...

Chhatrapur: Construction of hotels, restaurants and resorts, which allegedly encroached upon the ecologically sensitive Tampara Lake, a Ramsar site near here in Ganjam district, has come to a halt following an order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Kolkata. The eastern zone bench of...

Koraput: Two minor boys went missing Monday while shooting reels at the popular Gulmi waterfall in Koraput district. The boys, residents of Kosagumuda block in Nabarangpur district, were part of a group of five friends visiting the scenic tourist spot. According to reports, the incident...

Berhampur: A 16-year-old girl attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills after being allegedly raped by her alcoholic father, and is now fighting for her life at a hospital in Ganjam district, police said. The girl’s father was arrested Sunday, when the world was celebrating Father’s...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards gender-based violence, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said here Monday. Parida was addressing a state-level workshop on 'gender-based violence and trauma-informed care of survivors' organised here by the Odisha State Commission for Women. Gender-based violence...

Kendrapara: A 45-year-old woman died after being attacked by a crocodile in Odisha's Kendrapara district Monday, a forest department official said. The incident took place at Tanladia village under Rajnagar forest range near Bhitarkanika National Park. The reptile dragged the woman to deep water when...

Berhampur: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by around 10 people at an isolated place on Gopalpur beach, a renowned tourist destination in Odisha, police said. A case was registered at Gopalpur police station after the survivor, an undergraduate student of a private college, lodged...

Bhubaneswar: A central team, after inspecting diarrhoea and cholera-hit areas in Odisha's Jajpur, Monday said that cholera was at an endemic stage in the district. There is no cholera outbreak in the district; it is endemic with just a little surge in cases, Shibani Lahiri,...

Kendrapara: As the Crocodile Conservation Programme in India is all set to observe its 50th anniversary June 17, Odisha, the only state to house all three species of crocodiles, finds itself in a proud place in implementing the most successful conservation project of saltwater crocodiles....

Mahakalapara: The annual marine fishing ban imposed at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary of Kendrapara district ended Sunday, paving the way for thousands of local fishermen to return to the Bay of Bengal and resume operations. The ban, which has been in effect for seven and a...