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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress released its bypoll manifesto for Nuapada Thursday, promising to address key issues, including the migrant labour problem and ensure 60 per cent irrigation coverage for agricultural land if elected. “The manifesto outlines Ghasiram Majhi’s past struggles, the key issues in the...

Nandapur: Kottavalasa–Kirandul (KK) railway line connecting Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh, and Koraput–Rayagada (KR) railway line passing through Koraput district have reportedly turned into new corridors for ganja smuggling. Sources said in the past eight months, the Koraput Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered 23...

Malkangiri: Security forces unearthed an arms manufacturing unit run by Maoists along the Odisha–Chhattisgarh border and seized a large cache of sophisticated weapons and materials, officials said Wednesday. According to reports, the operation was carried out in Gamgunda area of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, during...

Berhampur: Odisha Police Wednesday secured a two-day remand of four more accused arrested in the murder of senior advocate and BJP leader Pitabash Panda and recreated the crime scene, an official said. Panda, who was also a member of the state Bar Council, was shot...

Champua: Favourable weather this year helped paddy cultivation flourish across the Champua area in Keonjhar district. With more than half of the paddy fields ripening and harvesting underway in some areas, farmers were optimistic about a good yield — until wildlife and pests began wreaking...

Keonjhar: Foul smell blanketed the Circuit House in Keonjhar district headquarters after sewage from nearby hotels reportedly entered and accumulated behind the building, creating an unhealthy environment for the guests. Although the premises are being beautified with substantial public spending, poor supervision has allowed hotel...

Sambalpur: A woman had a close shave with death after being trapped for nearly six hours inside a narrow cave passage near the Saptarshi temple at Bhandarimal village under Jujumura block of Sambalpur district on the occasion of Kartika Purnima Wednesday. The woman, identified as...

Sambalpur: Police Wednesday arrested seven people on charges of killing a youth facing several criminal cases in this district November 3. The accused people attacked Chintu Bahadur with a sword, knife, and stones, causing his instant death. The attackers had a previous enmity with the...

Papadahandi/Nabarangpur: A forester was killed and three others of the same profession were seriously injured when their car and a pickup van collided head-on near Dengaguda Chhak on the Bharatmala road in Nabarangpur district Wednesday. According to reports, foresters Gupta Prasad Mohanty, Kamakhya Prasad Swain,...

Nuapada: A group of women BJD leaders Wednesday urged late party MLA Rajendra Dholakia's wife, Kalpana, not to fall into the trap of the BJP and dubbed her son as 'Ku-Putra' (bad son). The group of women leaders comprising former minister Tukuni Sahu, MLA Barsha...