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Berhampur: Odisha Police Thursday arrested five persons, including four women, for allegedly forcing children to beg in Berhampur city and rescued nine minors, an officer said. The rescued children, including three girls, are aged between four months and 12 years, police said. The accused have...

Berhampur: An auto-rickshaw driver was allegedly hacked to death with an axe by a man near a court in Ganjam district Thursday over suspicion of an extramarital affair, police said. The deceased has been identified as Ashok Kumar Swain (47) of Buduli village within Bhanjanagar...

Phulbani: Four people, including a three-year-old child, died and another was injured in a collision between two motorcycles in Odisha's Kandhamal district Wednesday, police said. The accident occurred at Banduli village, around 40 km from here, under the Gochhapada Police Station limits, when the two...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday extended warm greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Holi, wishing everyone a happy, safe and harmonious celebration. He urged citizens to celebrate the festival of colors with joy and responsibility, while maintaining...

Baripada: A boy died, and another was injured after they were thrashed by villagers over suspicion of goat theft in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place at Indokholi Herogoda village under Tiring police station in the district Monday afternoon, the police...

Malkangiri: The Odisha government has sanctioned over Rs 4.65 crore as compensation for violence-affected families in Malkangiri district, an official said Tuesday. He said Rs 20 lakh of the total compensation will be provided to the next of kin of a woman who was killed...

Basudevpur: Tension flared Monday after an alleged incident of misconduct involving a Class VIII girl student at Kismat Krushnapur Upper Primary School under Basudevpur block in Bhadrak district. Villagers, relatives of the student and fellow pupils locked the school gate and staged a road blockade...

Jeypore: Former police inspector-in-charge Rajesh Baliarsingh, who had been absconding for six months following his involvement in a case related to ganja smuggling, surrendered Monday before the district judge’s court in Jeypore of Koraput district. He was later released on bail on a bond of...

Dhenkanal: A Special Judge for Vigilance in Dhenkanal Monday sentenced former Assistant of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF), Niaranjan Panda, to two years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000. Panda, who had retired from OECF, was chargesheeted by Odisha...

Nandapur: Days after a major drug seizure on Chitalpada islet in Jolaput reservoir here in Koraput district, over 100 Kadaknath and more than 150 Turkey varieties of fowls and hens, as well as over 50 ducks, have gone missing from the riverine settlement, residents said....