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Top Maoist with rRs.r1.1 crore bounty among 6 killed

India, Dec. 26 -- Security forces shot dead a top Maoist leader who oversaw insurgent operations in Odisha, along with five other rebels, in separate encounters in two neighbouring districts of the st... Read More


Migrant worker lynched on suspicion of being Bangladeshi immigrant in Sambalpur

India, Dec. 25 -- A migrant labourer from West Bengal was beaten to death by a group of unidentified assailants who accused him of being an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant in Sambalpur district on Wedne... Read More


Two Maoists killed in encounter with Odisha police

India, Dec. 25 -- Two Maoists carrying a combined reward of Rs.23.65 lakh were killed in an encounter with Special Operations Group of Odisha police in Gumma Forest under Belghar police station of Kan... Read More


Ganesh Uike, who led Maoists in Odisha, shot dead in Kandhamal gunfight

India, Dec. 25 -- Ganesh Uike, a Maoist central committee member who was in charge of Maoist operations in Odisha, was killed in an overnight gunfight with a joint team of security forces in the state... Read More


Mob demolishes suspect's house after 10-yr-old raped, killed in Odisha's Bhadrak

India, Dec. 24 -- A 10-year-old girl who left home to go to school was raped and murdered in Odisha's Bhadrak on December 24, leading angry villagers in the district's Chandbali area to stage a 17-hou... Read More


IAS officer Anu Garg appointed Odisha chief secretary, first woman to hold post

India, Dec. 24 -- Anu Garg, a 1991-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was on Wednesday appointed Odisha's chief secretary, the first woman to hold the state's top bureaucratic post. G... Read More


22 Maoists including divisional committee member surrender in Odisha

India, Dec. 23 -- Twenty-two Maoists including a divisional committee member surrendered before Odisha Police at an event in Malkangiri in the presence of the director general of police YB Khurania on... Read More


Three of a family found dead in Odisha, food poisoning suspected: Police

India, Dec. 22 -- Three members of a family, including a woman and her two sons, were found dead in their home at Itap village in Odisha's Dhenkanal district on Monday in a suspected case of food pois... Read More


After backlash, BJD also asks CM to reconsider huge hike in Odisha MLA salaries

India, Dec. 19 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmakers on Friday asked chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi to reconsider the controversial 211% hike in MLAs' salaries and allowances cleared by the assembly e... Read More


Reconsider 211% hike in salaries: Odisha MLAs to CM amid backlash

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators of Odisha on Thursday requested chief minister Mohan Majhi to reconsider the controversial 211% hike in MLAs' salaries and allowances, ... Read More