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Rayagada: Residents displaced for Aditya Alumina Refinery demanded a 0.01 per cent equity stake in the company and compensation at four times the prevailing market rate during a meeting held Saturday at the Rayagada Sub-Collector’s conference hall. The meeting, chaired by Sub-Collector Ramesh Jena, was...

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) announced temporary regulation of train services in the Waltair Division during January 2026 to facilitate safety-related modernisation and maintenance work. The move is aimed at enhancing passenger safety and ensuring the long-term reliability of railway infrastructure. Owing to this work,...

Khariar: Khariar King Dr Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo, a noted historian, archaeologist and researcher, passed away Sunday in his palace at Khariar town under Nuapada district. He was 80. Singh Deo complained of chest pain shortly after lunch around 1 pm Sunday and died a...

Berhampur: Ganjam transport department jumped into action mode and conducted breathalyser tests on the drivers of ‘Ama Bus’ service run by CRUT (Capital Region Urban Transport) in Berhampur Sunday. Documents related to the buses were also verified by the authorities, Ganjam RTO Debasis Swain informed....

Bhanjanagar: Three poachers were arrested for killing a wild boar using a crude bomb as bait near Kandhasahi on the Belaguntha Road under the Ghumusar North Forest Range in Ganjam district, police said Sunday. The accused were apprehended from the spot and later handed over...

Berhampur: Odisha Police Sunday filed a 1,660-page preliminary chargesheet in the murder of BJP leader and senior advocate Pitabas Panda, officials said. The chargesheet, filed in the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court, names 16 accused, including former Berhampur MLA and BJD Ganjam district president Bikram...

Sambalpur: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Sunday met migrant workers from West Bengal in Odisha's Sambalpur and expressed concern over "parallel policing" in some states where Bengali labourers were allegedly being asked by private persons to provide their identity proof, urging law enforcement agencies to...

Bhubaneswar: At least two persons were killed after rocks collapsed at an unauthorised stone quarry in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, officials said Sunday. The incident took place Saturday evening when some workers were engaged in drilling and exploration of stone from the quarry located near Gopalpur...

Dhenkanal: A powerful explosion rocked a stone quarry near Gopalpur village under Motanga police limits in Dhenkanal district Saturday evening, reportedly killing four workers. The blast occurred around 6 pm in the stone quarry at Gopalpur near Badalo under Odapada tehsil. However, officials have not...

Bhanjanagar: The tiger census has begun in several forest divisions under the Berhampur Regional Forest Circle, including Ghumusar North and South divisions, after a delay caused by technical glitches in the online reporting portal, forest officials said. The census, which started Friday, will continue till...