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Patnagarh: A district court in Odisha Wednesday sentenced Punjilal Meher to life imprisonment in connection with the 2018 Patnagarh parcel bomb blast case that left two people dead and one seriously injured. The Additional District Judge (ADJ) court in Patnagarh found Meher guilty under Sections...

Rourkela: Suspected Maoists Tuesday allegedly looted a truckload of explosives being transported to a stone quarry in Odisha's Sundargarh district. Sources said a group of masked and armed persons detained a truck carrying about 200 packets of gelatin in a forested area under the K...

Chhatrapur: The Rushikulya river, which is known as the lifeline of Ganjam district, is facing an ecological crisis, a report said. Residents have raised concerns that the river water, supplied through various mega pipeline drinking water projects, has turned increasingly saline. Locals alleged that tidal...

Deogarh: The Deogarh police Tuesday arrested a lawyer who allegedly raped a woman on multiple occasions on the pretext of marriage following a relationship that began over an Odia matrimonial site. The accused was identified as Rohit Kumar Pradhan of Balita village under the jurisdiction...

Bhadrak: Hundreds of irate locals blocked the Bhadrak bypass Tuesday morning protesting against the alleged misdiagnosed ultrasound report prepared by a private clinic in the area that caused the death of a newborn Monday night, and left the mother struggling for life. The protest began...

Berhampur: Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Gopalpur have recorded two rare deep-sea eel species for the first time in Indian waters, marking a significant addition to the country’s marine biodiversity. The specimen of the two rare eel species, Coloconger scholesi and...

Malkangiri: Chitrakonda MLA Mangu Khil and Dandakaranya Liberation Organisation president Lalit Madkami have submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari opposing the proposed renaming and grant of revenue village status to Bengali-inhabited settlements in the district. The proposal...

Puri : The Puri district administration Tuesday stated that the probe into the boat capsize in which former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly's brother and sister-in-law had a narrow escape found that the private agency involved was operating in a high tide zone unsuitable...

Berhampur: Nine people were arrested with arms and ammunition in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Tuesday. The arrests were made Monday night as the district police continued its special drive against criminals, they said. "Acting on a tip-off, police raided the Jilundi area. On seeing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Tuesday arrested the prime accused in the alleged assault of a journalist in Bolangir district, an officer said. According to police, Bijoy Pradhan, a reporter of a local TV channel, had visited Kulthipali village on Saturday to report on alleged irregularities in...