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Sonepur: From selling bangles on the streets of Binika in Subarnapur district to walking into the grandeur of Rashtrapati Bhawan, the journey of Surekha Mallick is one of extraordinary resilience and hope. Life was never easy for her. With her husband bedridden for years due...

Jajpur Town: A 30-year-old patient who had been admitted after ingesting pesticide died Tuesday at Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) minutes after a nurse administered him an injection, his family alleged, sparking a sit-in on the hospital premises and police deployment. The deceased was identified...

Baripada: In a scene straight out of a thriller, a venomous cobra—nearly eight feet long—coiled itself inside a mosquito net, spending the entire night inches from a man’s head. The spine-tingling incident unfolded in Pratappur village, on the outskirts of Baripada town, Mayurbhanj district, leaving...

Kolabira: In a tragic incident, two youths were killed after being struck by lightning Tuesday in Kalibahal village under this police limits in Jharsuguda district. The deceased were identified as Bir Kisan and Dukhabandhu Majhi, both residents of Kalibahal. Bir had gone to his farmland...

Angul: Vigilance sleuths Tuesday arrested Surendra Behera, Superintending Engineer of Irrigation Division, Angul, in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. According to the Vigilance Directorate, Behera will be forwarded to the Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, Sundargarh, for possession of DA. Searches conducted on his...

Rajkanika: A 13-year-old boy from Khunta village in Jaynagar panchayat under this block in Kendrapara district, narrowly escaped death Tuesday after fighting off a crocodile attack. Rakesh, son of farmer Ratnakar Mallick and a student of Class-VIII, was carrying lunch for his father working in...

Baripada: A 10-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by a 20-year-old youth of her community in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said Tuesday. Quoting the FIR filed by the survivor's family, police said the youth raped the girl when she went outside her house in Jashipur...

Berhampur: A man who had been absconding for six years in connection with the alleged rape of two minor girls in Odisha's Balasore district was arrested from Karnataka for his involvement in a recent murder in the city, police said Tuesday. The accused, who had...

Jajpur: Tension prevailed at Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital in Odisha Tuesday after a 32-year-old man died allegedly due to the administration of a wrong injection by hospital staff, police said. The deceased has been identified as Bharat Das, a resident of Dharmasala block in Jajpur...

Kendrapara: An 82-year-old man was killed in a crocodile attack at a village in Odisha's Kendrapara district Tuesday, an official said. The incident took place at Malatipatna village when Panchanan Das, a cattle grazer, was dragged by the reptile in Brahmani River. His body was...