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Mohana: A primary school teacher was arrested in Gajapati district recently for his alleged connections with Maoist activities, police said Wednesday. The suspect, Pratap Kumar Nayak, has been working as an ex-cadre assistant teacher at Nua Khajuripada Government Primary School under Adava police station since...

Ujalpur: A couple of days after pugmarks were found in a village near Ujalpur forest range of Sundargarh forest division, Forest department officials have installed trap cameras near the area to ascertain the presence of a tiger. Also Read: Trap cams in Ujalpur as locals...

Bhawanipatna/Titilagarh: A 47-year-old farmer from Khandra village under Sindhekela police limits in Bolangir district died Wednesday after allegedly consuming pesticide, reportedly due to crop loss and an inability to repay a group loan. The deceased has been identified as Durga Charan Bhoi. Police said Bhoi’s...

Kendrapara: Police Wednesday arrested four more persons for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Kendrapara district. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to five. Police Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old close relative of the survivor,...

Berhampur: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling on Wednesday said enlivening others in the aftermath of one's death through organ donation is a higher order of noble acts. He said this while addressing an event organised here on the occasion of World Organ...

Jharsuguda: A special POCSO court in Jharsuguda district of Odisha Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old person to life imprisonment for raping a blind minor girl in Rengali police station area of the district in May this year. As per the case details, May 2, the victim,...

Bhadrak: The Odisha Police Wednesday suspended an assistant sub-inspector on the charge of negligence while dealing with a minor girl's abduction case. SP Manoj Raut ordered the suspension of the ASI of Dhamnagar police station, after he “failed to trace the victim or the accused...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday decided to set up 38 model mandis (agri marketing yards) in 30 districts of the state in two years with a cost of Rs 300 crore, an official said. At a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has...

Jajpur: Two women, including a priestess, were arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district for allegedly beating up two girls with canes to remove "black magic spell" on one of them, police said Wednesday. The two girls - the victim and the other who tried to rescue...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari Wednesday appealed to the district revenue ministerial employees to call off their mass leave strike and return to their work immediately. The minister noted that the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Revenue Department has directed all Collectors to...