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National Handloom Day: Madhuri Dixit Graces state-level celebration in Bhubaneswar

India, Aug. 7 -- As India observes the 11th National Handloom Day today, Bollywood icon Madhuri Dixit attended a state-level celebration held at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar, reaffirming support for t... Read More


Six-hour bandh disrupts normal life in Puri as BJD stages protest over Balanga incident

India, Aug. 7 -- Normal life came to a standstill in parts of Puri district today as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) observed a six-hour bandh, protesting the alleged injustice meted out to the Balanga case... Read More


Odisha Latest Odisha: 8 youths held for killing man over suspected sorcery, body to be exhumed today

India, Aug. 7 -- Days after a man was allegedly killed over sorcery suspicion, police have detained eight persons in Mohana block of Odisha's Gajapati district today. The suspects were held after a po... Read More


Kendrapara girl's death: Pattamundai Police Station ASI transferred

India, Aug. 7 -- A police official in Odisha's Kendrapara district has been transferred amid serious allegations of negligence in a case involving the death of a 20-year-old girl who allegedly died by... Read More


Odisha: 2 minors among three held in tribal woman gangrape case in Angul

India, Aug. 7 -- Police have held three youths including two minor boys for allegedly gangraping a tribal woman in Chhendipada in Odisha's Angul district a few days back. The accused, aged 23, 18 and ... Read More


Odisha: Woman raped while grazing goats in Jagatsinghpur

India, Aug. 7 -- Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district reported yet another case of sexual violence after a woman was allegedly raped while grazing goats on Wednesday evening. The survivor, who was also phy... Read More


Odisha: 3 Jajpur police staff suspended following youth's suicide bid over custodial torture

India, Aug. 7 -- A day after a youth attempted suicide by consuming poison following alleged third-degree custodial torture, three police staff at Balichandrapur station were suspended in Odisha's Jaj... Read More


Former Odisha Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj passes away

India, Aug. 7 -- Former Odisha Minister and Speaker of the State Assembly, Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj, passed away late Wednesday night while undergoing treatment for cardiac-related complications ... Read More


Online OPD ticket booking for Cuttack's Sishu Bhawan begins

India, Aug. 7 -- In a move to reduce the long queues and overcrowding at the OPD (Outpatient Department) counters of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics, popularly known as... Read More


One more Odisha girl self-immolates as cops refuse to file plaint, 3rd in a month

India, Aug. 6 -- The family members of a college girl, who died by self-immolation in Odisha's Kendrapara district today, alleged that the victim was subjected to harassment and blackmail by a male fr... Read More