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Jeypore: Police in Jeypore have arrested 18 people, including two minors, in connection with eight theft and robbery cases across Town, Sadar and Kundura police limits, officials said Sunday. SDPO Partha Kashyap told reporters that the arrests included six accused in a series of thefts...

Nilagiri: Dr Trinath Pal, 53, a well-known gynaecologist at the Nilagiri Subdivisional Hospital in Balasore district, died Sunday morning after collapsing on duty from a suspected heart attack. A resident of Bharasinghpur in Bhadrak district, Dr Pal arrived from Balasore as usual and was examining...

Kabisuryanagar: A man allegedly killed his 85-year-old father late Saturday night for money to buy alcohol at A Gopal Nagar of Barida village under this police limits in Ganjam district. The victim was identified as Padmanabha Sahu and the accused son as Ramesh Sahu, 40....

These are critical times. As societies, we are no longer able to band ourselves together. We feel uninspired to live responsibly as a collective. The crisis is more acute in Odisha. Middle-class Odisha, at least in the past three to four decades, has been deeply...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Sunday rejected Odisha’s Nuapada bypoll results in which the party finished third after the BJP and the Congress, and charged the ECI with failing to prevent "rigging" by the ruling party. The BJP denied the allegations. The Nuapada constituency was held by...

Phulbani: A Maoist couple surrendered before the police in Odisha's Kandhamal district Sunday, officials said. Unga Kalmu alias Kishore (25) and Mase Madvi (22) carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads, they said. The couple surrendered before Inspector-General of Southern Range...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das Sunday stated that the Congress will introspect to identify the causes of the defeat and will also take action against those involved in anti-party activities during the recently concluded Nuapada bypoll. Speaking to media persons,...

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave gripped parts of Odisha, with G Udayagiri in Kandhamal district recording the state's lowest temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), G Udayagiri was followed by Koraput's Semiluguda (7.4), Daringbadi (8), Phulbani (9) and Angul (10.6)....

Pottangi: The neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh has again entered the Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block in the Koraput district, continuing a pattern of repeated incursions. The latest incident occurred Friday, reigniting local resentment over Andhra’s ongoing activities inside Odisha’s border villages. According to reports,...

Kendrapara: Potato farmers in this district are facing a severe seed shortage as the government supply has yet to reach them, even after the start of November. Many have been forced to buy seeds from private markets at high prices, raising concerns about crop success...