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Kujang: Even as the government has imposed curbs on groundwater extraction to conserve the fast-depleting resource, allegations have surfaced that JSW is illegally drawing large quantities of groundwater at its under-construction steel plant in the Dhinkia-Charidesh area of Ersama block in Jagatsinghpur district. Residents of...

Angul: A joint team of the Special Squad and Angul Town police raided a four-storied building in Hatishala pada area of the town and seized 30 gram of brown sugar and around Rs 26 lakh from the house Monday. Police detained Manas Nayak and Rajesh...

Berhampur: At least 17 people, including eight children and three women, were injured after an auto-rickshaw fell nearly 10 feet down a slope in Odisha's Gajapati district Monday, police said. The accident occurred near Jarau ghat under the Mohana police limits, when the vehicle hit...

Kendrapara: Bhitarkanika National Park, a designated Ramsar wetland site in Odisha's Kendrapara district, has a total of 1,858 estuarine crocodiles according to the latest census survey, a senior Forest department official said Monday. The official said there has been an increase of 32 crocodiles in...

Bhadrak: A newborn girl was found abandoned in a washroom at Bhadrak District Headquarter Hospital (DHH), and was later declared dead, officials said Monday. The incident took place in the gynaecology ward of the Bhadrak District Headquarter Hospital, where an unidentified woman was suspected of...

Barbil: Armed miscreants looted gold jewellery worth an estimated Rs 7.5 crore and cash of about Rs 4.34 lakh from the Bank of Maharashtra’s Barbil branch in Keonjhar district Monday afternoon, police said. The robbery took place at the branch located barely 200 meters from...

Baripada: Opium plantation was detected inside Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district and poppy plants worth Rs 1.91 crore were destroyed, police said Monday. A joint team of police, excise and forest departments detected two patches of illegal poppy plantation on a total of...

Bhubaneswar/ Bhawanipatna: Amid protests over the alleged mismanagement in paddy procurement in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said his government is making arrangements to buy the crop from farmers, as the Centre has agreed to lift 8 lakh tonnes of rice. Addressing a programme...

Digapahandi: Police Sunday arrested Balakrushna Patra of Sanadumbala village in connection with a knife attack on a woman and her two daughters in Indira Awas Colony at Kandeswar village under Digapahandi block of Ganjam district. The victims remain in critical condition. The injured have been...

Dharakote: An auto-rickshaw driver was killed after his vehicle lost balance and overturned when a monkey suddenly jumped in front of it near Talapatana under Dharakote police limits in Ganjam district Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rutu Karji, 20, of Sorada. He was driving...