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Sundargarh: Biramitrapur police on Wednesday arrested five more accused in the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl of Harpali slum in Sundargarh district, taking the total number of arrests to seven. Two other accused were arrested earlier on…

Talcher: Four workers were feared killed and nine injured in a landslide at Bharatpur Colliery of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Angul district on Tuesday night, a company official said on Wednesday. There were 13 labourers inside the…

Bhawanipatna: A Maoist was killed in an encounter with police in Kalahandi district early on Wednesday. SP (Kalahandi) B Gangadhar said a police team had launched a search operation inside Kotabandal forest in Lanjigarh block after a a…

Cuttack: Panic prevailed in the Millennium city here after two persons were found murdered on Wednesday. According to sources, locals found body of a youth lying in a pool of blood with deep wounds on his head and neck under the flyover…

Kendrapara: The BJD took an unassailable lead in the Patkura Assembly seat, the counting for which began on Wednesday. By the end of the 16th round of counting, BJD candidate Sabitri Agarwalla polled 89,389 votes while BJP candidate Bijoy…

Bhubaneswar: While the vagaries of the monsoon has resulted in the steep rise in day temperature in most parts of Odisha, the Met department said that the dry spell in the state will end in the next 24 hours as a low-pressure area is most…

Angul: Three days after the rape of a minor girl, the Town Police arrested the accused on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Sibu Patnaik of Amalapada. Speaking to the media, Angul SP Mitrabhanu Mahapatra said the accused left…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress today announced a three-hour protest in all the district headquarters in Odisha on Thursday against the gross inaction of the state government in bringing down the rising incidents of sexual atrocities on minor…

Angul: The B.Ed. examination, scheduled to be held on Wednesday, has been postponed due to the 12-hour bandh call in Angul by the BJP. The B.Ed. paper-I of first year students in Nabakrushna Choudhury College of Teacher Education in Angul…

Keonjhar: A youth, who was once conferred with National Bravery Award for saving three women from drowning in the Baitarani, has now been accused of raping a minor girl at Katulikana village under Champua police limits in Keonjhar district.…