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Bhawanipatna: A 65-year-old man was allegedly beheaded on suspicion of practising sorcery in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said Thursday. The headless body of the victim, identified as Rupsingh Majhi of Deypur village under Kalampur police limits, was recovered from a village pond. According to police,...

Bhawanipatna: Healthcare services in Kalahandi district are under severe strain due to a critical shortage of medical personnel, with more than two-thirds of doctor posts lying vacant and widespread staffing gaps across key healthcare roles. According to official data, only 199 of the 606 sanctioned...

Koraput/Nandapur: Train services were disrupted after over 37 wagons of an iron-ore laden freight train derailed at Kothavalasa-Kirandul (KK) rail line near Chimidipalli in Vishakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Wednesday. The train line connects Kothavalasa in Andhra Pradesh with Kirandul in Chhattisgarh. As train services...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: The Odisha Police Wednesday intensified security along the interstate boundary with Jharkhand and launched a massive search operation in K Balang police station area in Sundargarh district a day after Maoists looted a huge quantity of explosive materials used in stone mining. DGP YB...

Dhenkanal: Odisha Vigilance Wednesday apprehended Revenue Inspector of Gandanali Circle under Hindol Tahasil in Dhenkanal Sashi Bhusan Behera, along with private individual Bishnu Ballav Khatua for accepting Rs 60,000 bribe in a mutation case. The duo was caught red-handed inside Behera’s office while demanding and...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a man from a remote Naxal-affected hilly region in Odisha for allegedly supplying large quantities of marijuana to an inter-state drug syndicate operating in the Delhi-NCR region, an official said Wednesday. The accused, identified as Bhagirathi Padhan (27), a...

Baripada: Four persons were killed and 10 others injured in two separate road accidents in Odisha, police said Wednesday. The first incident took place when a Balasore-bound tractor with five labourers from Baripada collided with a truck on NH-18 near Chhuruni in Mayurbhanj district killing...

Berhampur: A 40-year-old man was hacked to death allegedly by his 35-year-old wife in Odisha's Ganjam district over a marital feud, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at Gopalpur in the Beguniapada police station area in the district Tuesday night. Police recovered the body...

Jajpur: Villagers staged a road blockade and set tyres on fire in Jajpur’s Kuakhia area Wednesday, protesting police inaction over the mysterious disappearance of a man three days ago. According to a source, the missing man has been identified as Papun Samal, a resident of...

Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon arrived in parts of Odisha Wednesday, reaching southern regions of the state ahead of its usual schedule, according to weather department officials. Over the next two to three days, the monsoon is expected to advance further into more areas of the...