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Nandapur: Potato cultivation under the state government's Potato Mission has taken a hit in Koraput district due to two months of torrential rainfall. Moreover, the topography of the district and poor network connectivity in rural areas have only added to the miseries of the farmers...

Sonepur: Sonepur police Tuesday arrested five people and seized over 4.31 quintals of ganja concealed inside a 24-ton load of cashew shells being transported in a truck from Boudh district to Bihar. The contraband, cultivated in the forest regions of Kandhamal and Boudh, was hidden...

Rayagada: A schoolteacher from Ambabala village under Muniguda block of Rayagada district has reportedly been detained by the police in connection with a Crime Branch (CB) investigation into an alleged OTET question paper leak case, sources said Tuesday. The teacher, identified as Bijay Mishra, was...

Pattamundai: In a tragic incident, a 61-year-old man drowned in the floodwaters of the Brahmani River Tuesday while trying to rescue a biker from being swept away in the river near Palpatana village under Srirampur panchayat in Kendrapara district. The deceased was identified as Dinabandhu...

Keonjhar: Two kids drowned in a pond in Odisha's Keonjhar district Tuesday, police said. The incident happened in Nakjhari village in the Ghatgaon police station area, they said. Amrita, 6, and Bhumika, 7, were playing near the village pond while returning home from school when...

Jajpur: A 27-year-old man was arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district Tuesday for allegedly sharing on social media intimate photos with his ex-girlfriend after she broke up with him, police said. The man, identified as Samir Kumar Palei of Kabisurya Nagar in Ganjam district, was arrested...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is planning to introduce tigers in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district, a senior Forest department official said Tuesday. Speaking about the revival of big cat population in Odisha on the occasion of National Tiger Day, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests...

Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested for allegedly duping Odisha Minister Krushna Chandra Patra of Rs 25 lakh with a promise to provide him a land plot in Dhenkanal district, police said Tuesday. The arrest was made on the basis of a written complaint filed by...

Balasore: A widow died after allegedly setting herself on fire at Kabar village under Khaira police limits in Odisha’s Balasore district, a source said Tuesday. According to the source, the woman, identified as Kuni Rout, allegedly poured kerosene on herself and set herself ablaze Monday...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Prem Kumar Jha Tuesday confirmed that there are currently no tigers in Satkosia. Speaking to reporters, Jha said Satkosia is now officially devoid of tigers. He added that there is no plan at present to reintroduce tigers...