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Kendrapara: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a statue of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik at Rajnagar town in Kendrapara district, triggering tension in the area. The statue set up at Biju Smruti Sadan was found decapitated around 6.30…

Kendrapara: A girl studying in Class II was killed when an auto-rickshaw overturned near Gara Chhak in Pattamundai block in Kendrapara district on Saturday morning. Four other students and a female teacher were injured in the accident.…

Kendrapara: President of the Kendrapara Credit Cooperative Society Pramod Sahu was on Monday dismissed from his post by Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik, the Registrar of State Cooperative Societies. He appointed the vice-president of the Society as…

Kendrapara: Police have arrested a 22-year-old youth for taking nude photos of a minor girl and blackmailing her. Police said the accused, Ashutosh Jena, had met the 17-year-old victim when she had come to visit her relative at Kasanianta…

Kendrapara: A fisherman from Kendrapara district had a 'rich haul' on Friday after he netted a sailfish, a rare marine species with long dorsal fins. The fish is expected to fetch Rs 2 lakh in the market. Locally known as 'Mayura Machha',…

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a show cause notice to the Odisha government on 36 children falling ill after being allegedly administered expired deworming syrup at a village in Kendrapara district. The…

Kendrapara: A 14-year-old boy saved his classmate from drowning in the sea in Kendrapara district on Saturday. According to reports, some students of Class X of a high school in Rajnagar block had gone to Pentha for a swim in the sea.…

Kendrapara: In view of the rise in crime here, police have decided to install 36 CCTV cameras in key places of the town and surrounding areas. The cameras will be set up before Gajalaxmi Puja at the main entry points and exit points of…

Kendrapara: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch arrested a henchman of gangster Tito in Kendrapara town on Saturday. The STF team arrested Sheikh Jabid alias Danga from his house in the town's Imambada Masjid lane area around…

Kendrapada:  Two criminals wanted for the murder of a medicine dealer were arrested after a late night police encounter in Kendrapara district on Friday. The two criminals, Anant Prasad Jena alias Bhelu and Pravat Kumar Nayak alias Mituna,…