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Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, hit by Cyclone Arnab, gradually improved Saturday with water receding from most affected areas and river levels showing a declining trend, even as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi directed officials to intensify relief and restoration...

Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to landslides triggered by cyclone Arnab in the state mounted to four Saturday with another death, while search operation was intensified for 12 others who remained missing. Special Relief Commissioner Rajesh Prabhakar Patil said that three districts – Ganjam, Gajapati...

Purushottampur: Angry flood victims allegedly attacked Khallikote MLA Purnachandra Sethy during his visit to flood-hit areas of Purushottampur in Ganjam district Saturday. The incident occurred as residents, struggling with severe hardships following Cyclone Arnab, confronted him over the alleged lack of assistance and delayed response...

Kendrapada: The body of a 20-year-old college student, with her throat slit, was found in a water-filled ditch in Odisha's Kendrapada district Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Jadupur village under Marshaghai police station limits in the coastal district, the police said. The...

Bhubaneswar: A "well-marked" low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to turn into a cyclonic storm that may hit the Andhra Pradesh coast November 3, India Meteorological Department officials said Saturday. On October 28, Cyclonic storm Arnab...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Odisha government has stepped up a search operation for 12 people who went missing after the cyclone Arnab-induced rain triggered a landslide at a village bordering Ganjam and Kandhamala districts a day ago, officials said Saturday. The rescue team is expected to use a...

Bhubaneswar: Rescue and relief operations have been intensified in Odisha's cyclone-hit districts, with four helicopters deployed to airlift food packets to people stranded in flood-affected areas of Ganjam, as the state government stepped up efforts to deal with the widespread damage caused by Cyclone Arnab....

Baripada: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata, has restrained the Odisha government, Baripada Municipality and other authorities from carrying out further construction, tree felling or non-forest activities on a disputed plot at Jubilee Park in Baripada without prior approval from the Central...

Koraput: A 32-year-old woman was allegedly hacked to death with an axe by her husband while she was asleep following a domestic dispute over curry in Paduguda village under Lulla panchayat in Dasamantapur block of Koraput district late Thursday night. The deceased, identified as Kabita...

Patana: Police have arrested nine people, including three minors, in connection with the murder of businessman Trilochan Mohant, the husband of a woman constable posted at Patana police station in Kendujhar district. Over a month after the murder, police reconstructed the crime scene Friday at...