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Attabira/Godbhaga: Panic gripped the Attabira area of Bargarh district after a body with throat slit was found near Satijore, along National Highway 53 connecting Sambalpur and Bargarh. The deceased has been identified as Mahadev Sahu, 55, a resident of Gaurang Tikra in Barahgoda village under...

Rourkela: A melodious evening filled with nostalgia and reverence for the legendary Lata Mangeshkar unfolded at the Civic Centre here Saturday, as the Lata Mangeshkar Fans’ Club, Rourkela, hosted its annual tribute concert, Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai, on the occasion of her birth anniversary....

Nayagarh: In a tragic incident, an eight-year-old boy was critically injured Sunday morning after an explosion occurred while he was burning a heap of garbage in Guptapalli village under Nayagarh block. The injured child, identified as Soumya Ranjan Pradhan, was first rushed to the Nayagarh...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: A team of Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) may soon visit West Bengal to enquire about the health condition of the medical student, who was allegedly gangraped by some men in the Durgapur area of the neighbouring state. Addressing media persons during a...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi spoke over the phone with the father of a woman hailing from the state who was gang-raped in West Bengal's Durgapur and assured him of all support from the state government. The woman hailing from Jaleswar in Odisha's...

Kolkata/Balasore: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken a suo motu cognisance of the gangrape of a second-year medical student from Odisha. The gagarape took place outside a private medical college at Durgapur in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal, Friday night, where...

Kolkata/Balasore: Three persons were arrested Sunday for their alleged involvement in the 'gang rape' of an Odisha student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said. The identities of the three arrested accused were yet to be disclosed by the...

Keonjhar: Allegations of negligence and collusion have surfaced in the Keonjhar forest division after two men, caught red-handed by the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) for illegal tree felling, were allegedly released by the local range officer. According to reports, Keonjhar DFO Dhanraj HD was returning...

Rourkela: A head constable of the CRPF, who along with two others was injured in two IED explosions inside Saranda forest under Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district along the Odisha border, died Saturday in Rourkela, police said. An inspector and an assistant sub-inspector, who also sustained...

Nilagiri: At a time when a series of elephant deaths have raised concern in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, another pachyderm estimated to be over 20 years old was found dead in a nearby pond Friday night. The cause of death is yet to be determined. The...