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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Sunday criticised the BJP-led state government for its “lax approach” in handling the cholera outbreak. Taking to his official X handle, Patnaik wrote, “The state government's light-handedness in...

Bargarh: Residents of Sridham area in Bargarh town woke up to a power outage Saturday morning, only to discover that thieves had targeted their local transformer, draining it of oil and stealing its copper windings. According to power officials, the theft occurred late Friday night....

Kalipada: The Subarnarekha River, flowing along the eastern edge of the Baliapal block in Balasore district, is causing significant distress as its shifting course continues to eat away riverbanks year after year. Large swathes of agricultural land across several panchayats have already been lost to...

Keonjhar: Members of Odisha Non-Gazetted Forest Service Association, Keonjhar branch Saturday evening staged a peaceful protest in front of the Keonjhar division office and gave a memorandum with a six-point charter of demands, including the arrest of villagers who attacked on-duty forest officials Friday. Tension...

Patana: A man was brutally beaten to death in an organised attack by four persons over suspicion of goat theft at Sankhua village under Patana police limits in Keonjhar district Friday night. The deceased was identified as Bipin Bihari Naik, 46, son of Paramananda Naik...

Nuapada: Two men were killed late Friday night after a truck collided with their motorcycle head-on near Daldali village square on National Highway 353 under Lakhna police limits in Nuapada district. The deceased were identified as Khyamasagar Dharua, 33, and Purendra Dharua, 45, both residents...

Nuapada: Two youths sustained critical injuries in a bear attack Saturday inside the Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary near Soseing village under Komna police limits in Nuapada district. The victims were identified as Dipachan Majhi, 37, and Amul Majhi, 28, both residents of Soseing village. According to...

Berhampur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday arrested a senior official of EPFO Regional Office in Berhampur while he was accepting a bribe, an official said. The accused official worked at the Regional Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Office in Berhampur as a senior...

Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: The diarrhoea toll in Odisha's Jajpur district rose to five with one more person succumbing to the disease, an official said Saturday. The Jajpur district administration has cancelled Raja festival holidays for government officials as fresh cases were reported from three different places. "In...

Rourkela: A CRPF official was killed in a blast during an anti-Naxal operation at the Odisha-Jharkhand border Saturday morning, officials said. ASI Satyaban Kumar Singh (34) of 134th CRPF battalion, who hailed from Kushinagar in UP, was part of a team that was searching the...