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Kuanrmunda: Two minor girls were allegedly gangraped in a forested area near Biramitrapur in Sundaragada district Monday evening, police said Wednesday, adding that five people have been detained for questioning. According to sources, the suspects also threatened the victims with a firearm and warned them...

Sambalpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday unveiled projects worth Rs 960 crore in Sambalpur, asserting that the western region of the state was witnessing progress in every sector under the double-engine government. A day after Nuakhai, the biggest festival of the region, Majhi...

Kendrapara: A 57-year-old fisherwoman was killed in a crocodile attack in Odisha's Kendrapara district, officials said Wednesday. The attack took place around 4.30 pm Tuesday in Galia creek near Kharinashi village in the Mahakalapada forest range of the Bhitarkanika National Park, they said. The deceased,...

Koraput/Sunabeda: The Department of Agriculture, Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput, in collaboration with the International Potato Center (CIP), Peru, organised a Potato Innovation and Technology Demonstration Programme on the university campus. The programme focused on emerging technologies in potato seed production, protected cultivation, research...

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a person allegedly killed his wife following a heated argument in Paikarapur village under the Chandbali police limits in Bhadrak district of Odisha during the wee hours of Wednesday, officials said. The police identified the 40-year-old deceased wife as Kamalini...

Sundaragada/ Ganjam:: Six children, including three girls, drowned in three separate incidents in Odisha's Ganjam and Sundaragada districts Wednesday, police said. The three girls drowned in Shankh river in Salangabahal village within Raiboga police limits in Sundaragada district while collecting sand for Karma Puja around...

By Sadasiba Praharaj, OP Nabarangpur: Students of Biriguda Nodal Govt High School under Manchagaon panchayat in Tentulikhunti block of Nabarangpur district are being forced to study in cramped and unsafe conditions because of inadequate infrastructure and delays in completing a new school building. The school...

Daringbadi: For a family in the remote hills of Kandhamal district, the dream of becoming doctors is slowly turning into reality. Five members of an extended tribal family from Sikabadi village in Daringbadi are now pursuing or have completed medical education, despite growing up amid...

Baisinga: A pigeon fitted with a plastic tag bearing the letters “BAN” was found at Kashipada village under this police station limits in Mayurbhanj district Tuesday, prompting police to suspect that the bird may have come from Bangladesh. The pigeon landed near two children who...

Sundaragada: What began as a five-family celebration 14 years ago has grown into a village-wide tradition, with all 163 families of Jhurimal village in Lefripada block coming together to celebrate Nuakhai. Nuakhai, the harvest festival of western Odisha, celebrates the new harvest and strengthens community...