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Balasore: Police Friday arrested a 60-year-old man on the charge of impregnating a minor girl, who is his sister-in-law, in Odisha's Balasore district, an officer said. The incident took place in a village under Singla police station limits. According to police, the 14-year-old became ill...

Cuttack: Odisha Congress Friday staged a dharna near the office of the Director General of Police (DGP) demanding justice for the three women who died after being set on fire either by themselves or allegedly by miscreants in the past three weeks. Led by the...

Balasore: An assistant sub-inspector of Odisha Police has been suspended for allegedly forcefully marrying a minor and torturing her, an officer said Friday. The police identified the ASI as Amit Padhi, a resident of Baliapal area in Balasore district, and he was posted in Puri...

Bhubaneswar: At least 20 people were injured after a bus with passengers on board overturned in Odisha's Dhenkanal district Friday morning, police said. The accident took place near the Kantiokteni area under the Tumusingha Police Station limits after the driver of the bus, carrying more...

Berhampur: Researchers at Berhampur University have claimed to have discovered a new species of free-living marine nematodes or roundworms from Chilika Lake, Asia's largest brackish water lagoon. The species belongs to the genus Admirandus, and its discovery marks the first report of it from the...

Berhampur: A 30-year-old man and his two women lovers were arrested Thursday for allegedly killing his wife in Ganjam district, police said. The incident took place at Nuagaon village under Bellaguntha police station limits of the district Monday, the police said. Santosh Naik, a daily...

Rayagada: A man was arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death with a stick in Gandabalsa village under Gajigaon panchayat in Rayagada district, a source said Thursday. The victim was identified as Sindhe Kandagari (45). According to the source, Sindhe was attacked by her...

 Gajapati: A man was allegedly killed by a group of villagers and buried in a forest on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Odisha's Gajapati district, police said Thursday. The incident took place at Kusumpur village under Mohana police limits in the district on the night...

Baripada: Odisha Police have arrested three persons, including a minor, on the charge of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl for over a month in Mayurbhanj district, an officer said Thursday. Among the arrested is the brother-in-law of the survivor. The arrests were made Wednesday after...

Jajpur: Three police personnel, who were on duty when a 28-year-old man allegedly attempted suicide by consuming pesticide inside a police station in Odisha's Jajpur district, were suspended for dereliction of duty, an officer said Thursday. The person, identified as Rabindra Mallik, a resident of...