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Girl, with lover's help, kills mother, brother

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 25 -- A 45-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son were killed in Odisha's Koraput district allegedly by the woman's minor daughter and her boyfriend after the two opposed their relat... Read More


Odisha approves SOP for Jagannath Temple's Ratna Bhandar inventory

India, Feb. 24 -- The Odisha government on Tuesday approved a 14-page Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the long-pending inventory of ornaments and valuables stored in the Ratna Bhandar of the Ja... Read More


Two Maoists killed in police encounter in Kandhamal, one AK-47 recovered: Police

India, Feb. 23 -- Two Communist Party of India (CPI) (Maoist) cadres carrying a combined bounty of Rs.27.5 lakh were killed in a two-hour gunfight with Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state poli... Read More


5 police personnel killed after trailer collides with patrol car

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 23 -- Five police personnel were killed and three others critically injured early on Sunday morning after a speeding trailer rammed into a police vehicle in Odisha's Jharsuguda distr... Read More


5 police personnel killed, 3 critical as trailer rams patrol vehicle in Odisha

India, Feb. 22 -- Five police personnel were killed and three others critically injured early on Sunday morning after a speeding trailer rammed into a police vehicle in Odisha's Jharsuguda district, p... Read More


Kendrapara school horror: 4 teachers, peon held for raping 12-year-old Odisha girl

India, Feb. 22 -- Police in Odisha's Kendrapara district arrested four school teachers, including a woman, for allegedly repeatedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Class VII girl student of a privat... Read More


Odisha jail official paid rRs.r1.9 lakh after inmate's gold jewellery went missing

India, Feb. 18 -- The senior superintendent of an Odisha jail allegedly handed over Rs.1.9 lakh in cash to a 32-year-old former inmate after she accused prison officials of procedural violations and m... Read More


Man gets death for throwing acid on family

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 14 -- A special court in Balasore on Friday sentenced a man to death for a throwing acid on a family that left his wife dead and three others including two children with grievous bur... Read More


Odisha logs highest elephant-related human deaths in India

India, Feb. 13 -- Odisha has emerged as the deadliest state in India for human-elephant conflict, recording 171 deaths in 2024-25 - the highest in the country. The crisis hit a grim milestone on Febru... Read More


Clerk drew more pay than cabinet secy, held

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 13 -- A junior assistant in Odisha's health department was arrested for drawing a monthly salary exceeding that of even India's Cabinet Secretary - the country's top bureaucrat - thr... Read More