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Mohana: A primary school teacher was arrested in Gajapati district recently for his alleged connections with Maoist activities, police said Wednesday. The suspect, Pratap Kumar Nayak, has been working as an ex-cadre assistant teacher at Nua Khajuripada Government Primary School under Adava police station since...

Ujalpur: A couple of days after pugmarks were found in a village near Ujalpur forest range of Sundargarh forest division, Forest department officials have installed trap cameras near the area to ascertain the presence of a tiger. Also Read: Trap cams in Ujalpur as locals...

Bhawanipatna/Titilagarh: A 47-year-old farmer from Khandra village under Sindhekela police limits in Bolangir district died Wednesday after allegedly consuming pesticide, reportedly due to crop loss and an inability to repay a group loan. The deceased has been identified as Durga Charan Bhoi. Police said Bhoi’s...

Kendrapara: Police Wednesday arrested four more persons for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Kendrapara district. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to five. Police Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old close relative of the survivor,...

MANOJ KUMAR JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: Following the Balasore FM (Autonomous) College self-immolation case, the state has seen a surge in burn-related incidents, with some victims reportedly adopting the method to end their lives. Around five such cases have been reported, mostly involving young women and...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court’s directive to permanently remove stray dogs from the streets of Delhi-NCR has sparked significant backlash in Odisha, with animal welfare activists and citizens questioning its feasibility and compassion. The bench, headed by Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan,...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentence of a man to life imprisonment in a double murder case of 2019, saying that ‘it is well settled law that the possibility of reformation and rehabilitation of the convict is an important factor which...

Raipur: In a major breakthrough in Chhattisgarh’s ongoing anti-Maoist campaign, security forces Wednesday neutralised two senior Maoist leaders - Vijay Reddy and Lokesh Salame - in a fierce gunfight in the forested “Banda Pahad” region near Karekatta village in Manpur-Mohla-Ambagarh Chowki district. The encounter, which...

Berhampur: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling on Wednesday said enlivening others in the aftermath of one's death through organ donation is a higher order of noble acts. He said this while addressing an event organised here on the occasion of World Organ...

Jharsuguda: A special POCSO court in Jharsuguda district of Odisha Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old person to life imprisonment for raping a blind minor girl in Rengali police station area of the district in May this year. As per the case details, May 2, the victim,...