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Deogarh: Police in Deogarh district Friday arrested two persons in connection with the abduction and rape of a 15-year-old girl and produced them in court, where their bail pleas were rejected. According to police sources, the minor from Riamal police limits had gone to a...

Bhadrak: An inebriated youth went missing Thursday in the Salandi River in Bhadrak while making reels, locals said. The incident occurred near the Santhia bridge under Puruna Bazar police limits. Two youths, identified as Himanshu Shekhar Nayak and Mithun Nayak, jumped off the bridge into...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Parliamentary Board Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Tuesday morning after recovering from a systemic infection. According to a statement issued by the hospital, she had been admitted on the night of March 24 at...

Visakhapatnam: In a horrific act, a man in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, allegedly murdered his girlfriend, cut her body into pieces, kept some parts in a fridge at his apartment and burnt her head, police said Monday. Chintada Ravindra (35), an employee in the Navy, allegedly...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday directed authorities to start work on the proposed Rs 210-crore Mahanadi Riverfront Project immediately and develop it as an attractive tourist destination. The project will come up on 426 acres along the Mahanadi riverbank in Cuttack at...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday appointed retired district judge Laxmidhar Biswal to lead the judicial inquiry into the devastating fire at SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, in which at least 10 people died and 11 others suffered burn injuries. The panel is required to...

Kolkata: Five more persons have been arrested in connection with the clash between the supporters of the BJP and Trinamool Congress in Kolkata's Girish Park, said the police Sunday. According to a senior officer of the Kolkata Police, the arrests were made after complaints filed...

Bhubaneswar: Two more Odia workers, stranded in Thailand, returned to Odisha Saturday after the state government took steps to rescue them from the Southeast Asian country, an official said. Four others had come back to the state February 21, he said. The youths, who safely...

Bhubaneswar: Demonstrations by Opposition BJD and Congress MLAs, alleging mismanagement in the paddy procurement process, disrupted the proceedings of the Odisha Assembly for the second consecutive day Thursday. As soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour at 10.30 am, BJD and Congress members...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday announced an extension of basic customs duty exemption on capital goods used for manufacturing lithium-ion cells for battery storage in the annual budget for the next financial year. In her budget speech, she also proposed to exclude the...