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Kolkata/Balasore: Three persons were arrested Sunday for their alleged involvement in the 'gang rape' of an Odisha student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said. The identities of the three arrested accused were yet to be disclosed by the...

Keonjhar: Allegations of negligence and collusion have surfaced in the Keonjhar forest division after two men, caught red-handed by the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) for illegal tree felling, were allegedly released by the local range officer. According to reports, Keonjhar DFO Dhanraj HD was returning...

Rourkela: A head constable of the CRPF, who along with two others was injured in two IED explosions inside Saranda forest under Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district along the Odisha border, died Saturday in Rourkela, police said. An inspector and an assistant sub-inspector, who also sustained...

Nilagiri: At a time when a series of elephant deaths have raised concern in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, another pachyderm estimated to be over 20 years old was found dead in a nearby pond Friday night. The cause of death is yet to be determined. The...

Keonjhar: A herd of 30 wild elephants got stranded for over 10 hours Saturday Turumunga islet in the tri-junction of the Baitarani river under Patna forest range of Keonjhar district since late Friday night. The herd of 11 tuskers (male elephants), 12 female elephants and...

Baripada: A newborn was rescued hours after he was allegedly stolen from a government hospital in Odisha's Baripada town Saturday, police said. Phulmani Soren, 20, gave birth to a baby boy in an ambulance on the way to the Mayurbhanj District Headquarters Hospital Friday. She...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: In a major political development ahead of the Nuapada by-election, Jay Dholakia, son of late BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday. Dholakia is likely to contest the bypoll on a BJP ticket, a source said. The induction ceremony saw...

Bhanjanagar/G Udayagiri: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) authorities to restore traffic as soon as possible on Kalinga Ghat road along the National Highway-157 in Kandhamal, which had been destroyed in a heavy rain-triggered landslide. Majhi also...

Angul: Panic gripped the outskirts of Angul town Friday after a herd of about 45 elephants entered Kangula, Bentapur and nearby areas, damaged houses and destroyed crops on farmlands. For the past 10 days, the herd has been roaming in and around Bentapur, Gopinathpur, and...

Rourkela/Bondamunda: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Friday arrested a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a woman scrap dealer at Bisra Chowk in Rourkela. Officials seized the chemically treated currency notes from the accused,...