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Jajpur: Three persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in the rape of a 15-year-old hockey trainee in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said Tuesday. The incident came to light Monday after the minor filed a complaint at Jajpur Town Police Station, alleging that her coach...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: Odisha Vigilance Department Tuesday arrested a forest officer for allegedly possessing assets, including 115 plots, disproportionate to his known source of income, officials said. During raids conducted at seven places, linked to the forest officer, in the past two days, sleuths of the anti-corruption...

Paradip: An 18-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped by two men when she was returning home with a friend, taken to a farmland and raped in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said Tuesday. The incident happened around 8.30pm Monday, and the survivor was admitted to the district...

Malkangiri: Four persons, including a truck driver, were arrested for allegedly raping a girl in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said Tuesday. Though initially it was suspected that the minor was raped alone by the truck driver, subsequent investigations revealed that the girl had been sexually...

Padampur: An unimaginable tragedy unfolded Monday in Pathuri village under Padampur subdivision in Bargarh district. What began as a dispute over mushroom theft spiralled into a brutal double murder, leaving the local community in shock. The victims, identified as Belamati Naag and her daughter Sabitri,...

Baripada: Forest officials from the northern division of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district have arrested two suspected poachers during a joint raid. The accused have been identified as Fakir Chakia, 44, of Ashankudar village and Kamala Dangil, 21, of Ranibhol village, under...

Jharsuguda: An armed robbery at the Odisha Grameen Bank’s Bhikampali branch, located in the Nath Complex near Chikhalapali on the national highway 49 in Jharsuguda district, has caused panic in the area. According to reports, three unidentified miscreants arrived on a red motorcycle around 3:15...

Nayagarh: A 24-year-old woman Monday made a suicide attempt by allegedly consuming pesticide in the premises of a police station in Odisha's Nayagarh district, demanding justice, an officer said. The woman is under treatment at the Nayagarh district headquarters hospital, the officer said. The incident...

Jajpur: A 15-year-old girl has been allegedly raped by four persons, including her two hockey coaches, in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said Monday. Though the incident occurred July 3 evening, it came to the fore after the victim filed a complaint at Jajpur town police...

Kendrapara: Forest department of Odisha has sounded an alert of possible attack from saltwater crocodile in certain villages in Kendrapara district following reports that reptiles were sighted in the adjoining Brahmani river which is in spate, officials said Monday. The crocodiles are from the Bhitarkanika...