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Odisha: 12 sentenced to life in prison for murdering father, son over witchcraft

India, Sept. 18 -- A court in Odisha's Gajapati on Thursday sentenced 12 men to life imprisonment for murdering a father and his son after a village council accused them of practising witchcraft in 20... Read More


Odisha man beaten to death; set afire after fight at girlfriend's home: Police

India, Sept. 17 -- A 28-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death and his body set on fire after an altercation at the home of a woman he was in a relationship with in Babarakot in Odisha's Deogarh d... Read More


Anaemia found in 3 of 5 rescued orangutans

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 17 -- Blood tests have found severe anaemia in one and mild anaemia in two of five rescued baby orangutans at Odisha's Nandankanan Zoological Park, as officials conducted health tes... Read More


Rescued baby orangutan falls ill at Odisha's Nandankanan zoo, officials on alert

India, Sept. 15 -- One of the five baby orangutans quarantined at Odisha's Nandankanan Zoological Park since September 8 has developed fever, prompting authorities to remain on alert over the health c... Read More


Graham Staines murder: Odisha review board rejects Dara Singh's release plea

India, Sept. 15 -- Odisha's sentence review board has rejected a plea for the premature release of Dara Singh, 67, who is serving a life sentence for burning alive Australian missionary Graham Staines... Read More


Exclusive: Odisha rejects Dara Singh's remission plea in Graham Staines murder case ahead of top court hearing

India, Sept. 15 -- Odisha's sentence review board has rejected a plea for the premature release of Dara Singh, 67, who is serving a life sentence for burning alive Australian missionary Graham Staines... Read More


Orangutans taken to Balasore, STF starts probe

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 10 -- The Odisha Police Crime Branch's Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday began probing how five orangutans, which are not native to the state, reached a reserve forest in Balaso... Read More


Orangutans taken to Balasore, STF starts probe

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 10 -- The Odisha Police Crime Branch's Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday began probing how five orangutans, which are not native to the state, reached a reserve forest in Balaso... Read More


5 orangutans' rescue in Odisha raises trafficking fears

India, Sept. 9 -- Five orangutans, a critically endangered species native to the Indonesian and Malaysian rainforests, were found on Tuesday in a forested area in Ranakotha Badapahi in coastal Odisha'... Read More


'Welfare state can't be apathetic': Orissa HC on employee's regularisation

India, Sept. 9 -- The Orissa high court has set aside a government order rejecting a contractual college employee's regularisation, saying a welfare state grounded in constitutional values cannot adop... Read More