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Barbil: Police Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife in an alleged case of domestic violence in Keonjhar district. The accused was identified as Neel Prasad Sharma, who works as an assistant manager with Rungta Mines, while the deceased, Nirmala Sharma, 41. The...

Berhampur: The partially-burnt decomposed body of a man was recovered from the MKCG Medical College and Hospital premises in Berhampur Tuesday, sparking suspicion of a brutal murder and an attempt to destroy evidence. The body, found on the Hetabandh Road - opposite the outdoor playground...

Sambalpur: In a bizarre decision, more than 150 families who had been displaced seven decades ago by the Hirakud Dam project, and resettled in other villages, have now been served with fresh eviction notices by the government, a report said Tuesday. This has sparked unrest...

Sonepur: Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Ballabh Ksheti, 45, ex- sarpanch and husband of Gajabandha panchayat sarpanch Basanti Ksheti, police said Tuesday. The accused were identified as Jogeswar Bhue, 42, of Brahmanipali; Gobinda Behera, 26, of Pandarapali; Dhananjay Pashayat,...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The 20-year-old college student from Odisha's Balasore district who set herself ablaze over an alleged sexual harassment by a professor died Monday night, triggering nationwide outrage. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed grief over the student's death by self-immolation and announced that all culprits...

Bhubaneswar: The coordinator of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College's Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) Tuesday said the panel recommended removal of Samira Kumar Sahoo -- accused of sexually harassing a female student, leading to her self-immolation death -- from the post of Head of Integrated BEd. However,...

Bhadrak: Two members of a family, including a 5-year-old boy, died due to electrocution in Odisha's Bhadrak district Tuesday evening, police said. The incident took place at Adivasi Sahi of Daishing village under the Bhadrak Rural Police Station limits, when the minor and his maternal...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has called for an eight-hour bandh in Odisha’s Balasore district Wednesday, demanding justice for a 20-year-old college student who died after setting herself ablaze over alleged inaction on a sexual harassment complaint. The shutdown will be observed from 6am...

Rourkela: Two persons, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents of wall collapse due to heavy rain in Odisha's Sundargarh district Tuesday, police said. The deceased were identified as Banadui Bage (70) and Damani Seth of Koida area in the district, a senior officer...

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a four-member fact-finding panel to look into the incident of self-immolation by a girl student on a college campus in Odisha's Balasore, officials said Tuesday. The 20-year-old second-year BEd student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College,...