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Sambalpur: A 38-year-old constable was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a 14-year-old girl in Bareipali police station area of Sambalpur district, a source said. According to the source, the accused, Biranchat Munda -- a constable with the Odisha Auxiliary Police Force (OAPF) -- was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police Wednesday claimed to have so far recovered 3.8 tonnes of the five tonnes of explosives looted by Maoists from near a store quarry in Sundergarh district on May 27. Odisha DGP Y B Khurania, while addressing a press conference, said that...

Koraput: At least six patients admitted at Saheed Laxman Naik Medical College and Hospital (SLNMCH) here died after they were allegedly administered wrong injections Tuesday night. Five of them died within 90 minutes of taking the jabs Tuesday night while another succumbed in the early...

Parjang: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly flung his seven-month-old daughter to death following a heated altercation with his wife at Notaripasi in Kantapal Colony-4 under Kankadahada police limits in Dhenkanal district Monday night. The accused was identified as Sanjay Chatar, a native of...

Bhanjanagar: Residents of Bhanjanagar have pinned their hopes on the government’s nod for the construction of a ring road along the banks of Loharakhandi River, which will help resolve their perennial sufferings from the clogged and polluted river. This is because the flow of water...

Chhendipada: A female elephant was electrocuted Monday night after coming into contact with a solar-powered electric fence of a farmhouse at Nalia Sahi area of Dangapal forest beat, under Chhendipada forest range, in Angul district, Forest officials said. According to initial findings, the elephant was...

Morada: Two alleged beef traders were assaulted and smeared with cow dung before they were paraded in a village by a group of vigilantes under Chitrada police outpost and Morada police station limits in Mayurbhanj district Tuesday. The alleged beef traders were identified as Pitambar...

Kendrapara: From the shadows of financial struggle to becoming a beacon of rural empowerment, Mamata Nath Sharma of Taradipal village in Kendrapara district has emerged as a true changemaker. Recently honoured at the National Lakhpati Didi Conference held at the state Lok Seva Bhawan, Mamata’s...

Baripada: A 41-year-old woman died after being allegedly hit on the head by her husband for not cooking egg curry for lunch, police said Tuesday. The incident happened in Kutiling village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, they said. Outraged over being served lunch sans egg curry,...

Kendrapara: A man was arrested in Odisha's Kendrapara district Tuesday on the charge of posting objectionable images of a government nurse on social media platforms, police said. The accused was in a live-in relationship with the woman. Later, following some problem between them, he uploaded...