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Bhawanipatna: Police Thursday seized around 6.5 quintals of explosives and 115 detonators in Kalahandi district and arrested four people. A statement issued by the Kalahandi Police said that based on an FIR lodged by a mining officer, a joint raid by the Mining department and...

Bhubaneswar: Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Odisha government Thursday said that schools across the state will function adhering to preventive measures when they reopen after the ongoing summer vacation. Speaking to reporters here, School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond said, "When the...

Bhawanipatna: The police Thursday seized around 6.5 tons of explosives and 115 detonators in Odisha's Kalahandi district and arrested four people. A statement issued by the Kalahandi Police said that based on an FIR lodged by a mining officer, a joint raid by the mining...

Koraput: Odisha's Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling Thursday visited the hospital in Koraput district, where six patients died in quick succession, allegedly after being administered wrong injections and said action will be taken if there is negligence. Accompanied by the district collector, Mahaling...

Berhampur: Two women, including an octogenarian, were killed allegedly by their relatives in two separate incidents in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said. Both incidents took place Wednesday night as a fallout of family disputes, they said after preliminary inquiries. Bijayalaxmi Tripathy (50), an Asha worker,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday performed a groundbreaking ceremony for 12 industrial and infrastructure projects worth a total of Rs 28,084 crore. The projects have the potential to create 15,455 jobs. These projects are located across Tata SEZ at Gopalpur, and Chatrapur,...

Koraput: A 60-year-old farmer was seriously injured in a bear attack early Thursday morning in Gumuda panchayat under Kotpad block in Odisha’s Koraput district, officials said. The victim, identified as Radha Chalan, had gone to guard his maize crop near the Indravati river, where wild...

Bolangir: Two women were arrested Thursday at the Balangir railway station for allegedly attempting to smuggle ganja out of Odisha, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) intercepted the women as they prepared to board a train. A search of their...

Kalahandi: One person was killed and five others injured after a bus hit a truck parked on the roadside in Odisha's Kalahandi district in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The accident happened around 3.30 am near Charbahal in Koksara police station area, they...

Berhampur: Simanchal Barik, a retired Indian Army jawan, has established Berhampur Physical Academy at Anantanagar here to train youths who aspire to join the armed forces. What began with just four unemployed youths has now grown into a thriving training centre. Today, the academy trains...