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New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should either give a declaration under oath within seven days on his allegations of irregularities in the voter list, else his 'vote theft' claims would be rendered baseless and invalid. Addressing a...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain is likely in Odisha during the next four days with the formation of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal Sunday, the IMD said. The low-pressure area, which was formed around 8.30am, is expected to concentrate into a depression during the...

Nuapada : The body of a female police constable was found hanging from a tree near the Nuapada railway station in Odisha Saturday, officials said. Her husband and mother-in-law were arrested on the charge of abetment to suicide. After spotting the body, locals informed the...

Bhawanipatna: A select group of civil services aspirants in Kalahandi district of Odisha will get coaching free of cost every year under the newly launched ‘Mission Akankhya', an official said Saturday. An MOU in this regard was signed between the Kalahandi district administration and Vision...

Rayagada: A 40-year-old man was allegedly killed by fellow villagers on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Burusubadi village under Badaalubadi panchayat and Seskhal police limits of Rayagada district, police said Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ramarao Jilakara, 40, of Burusubadi. According to police, a...

Sambalpur: The ‘lagna’ or auspicious moment for Nuakhai, the main agrarian festival of western Odisha, was fixed Saturday. According to calculations by scholars and astrologers, this year the festival will be celebrated Thursday, August 28, on the fifth day (Panchami) of the lunar fortnight (Shukla...

Semiliguda: Normal life in Semiliguda of Koraput district is facing severe disruption due to persistent congestion of the road caused by unregulated parking outside major shopping malls, sources said Saturday. People visiting major shopping malls in the town are parking their vehicles in front of...

Bhawanipatna: An elderly man was brutally killed Saturday at Cheramuhul village under Talajaring panchayat and Junagarh police limits in Kalahandi district following an argument over palm reading, police said. The victim was identified as Rath Kandapan, 60, of Talajaring. Police said Kandapan had gone to...

Boinda: A woman was allegedly humiliated and paraded with a garland of slippers around her neck Thursday in a village under Handapa police limits of Kishorenagar block in Angul district after failing to repay a loan taken from the village fund, police said Saturday. On...

Phulbani: A former headmaster of a primary school in Kandhamal district has been sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Rs 50,000 for misappropriating government money. The Special Vigilance Judge, Phulbani, Saturday sentenced Subash Chandra Nayak, former headmaster-cum-secretary of Rangapaju UP School...