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Keonjhar: Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) said it continues to operate within India’s legal framework following the Forest department's decision to revoke its working permission for the Roida-I iron ore and manganese mines in Keonjhar district. In a statement issued Thursday, the company said...

Jajpur: While the state government has been proactive for the protection, restoration and development of various religious sites, a 1,200-year-old Jagannath temple atop a hill in Balarampurgarh under Dharmasala block of Jajpur district has been left neglected. Parts of the ancient temple’s boundary wall collapsed...

Berhampur: Police Thursday arrested another suspect in the murder case of BJP leader and senior advocate Pitabas Panda. The accused has been identified as Sunil Hota, 52, the owner of a farmhouse in Jeypore of Koraput district. According to investigators, after Panda was shot dead,...

Joda: The Keonjhar district administration has issued an eviction notice to the Jagannath Steel and Power Plant located in Uliburu under Karakhendra panchayat of Joda block on charge of encroaching on tribal land. The matter came to the fore after the office of Champua Sub-Collector...

Koraput: Train services on the Koraput–Kirandul rail route were suspended for about three hours Thursday afternoon after boulders rolled down from a hill near the Maliguda station and blocked the tracks. This is the second such incident within a week, as a similar situation had...

Keonjhar: Suspicion of wildlife poaching in Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district has again started doing the rounds after a joint team arrested two persons and seized a leopard hide from their possession in neighbouring Keonjhar district Thursday. The accused were identified as Rabindra Tudu,...

Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur Police arrested two individuals Thursday for allegedly defrauding approximately 2,000 people of nearly Rs 2 crore by falsely promising sweeping and sanitation jobs in various government offices within the Sambalpur Municipality. The accused persons have been identified as Samrat Ray alias Rahul, 32, of...

Bhubaneswar: The nomination papers of five candidates for the November 11 Nuapada bypoll in Odisha were rejected during scrutiny due to technical errors, sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said here Thursday. In all, 19 candidates had filed nominations for the...

Joda/Keonjhar: In a jolt to Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), the working permission for its Iron & Manganese mines at Roida in Keonjhar was revoked for allegedly violating forest norms. “Due to continued non-compliance and violation of the Forest Conservation Adhiniyam, and the Odisha...

Bantala: Eleven tribal girls from Krushnachakragarh village under Manikjodi panchayat in Angul block have reportedly dropped out of school, citing fear of wild animals on their way to the classes. The nearest high school is located six kilometres away, and the only connecting road that...