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Balasore (Odisha), April 5 The Odisha police have registered an FIR regarding the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who allegedly drowned during the filming of a Bengali television serial at Talsari beach in the Balasore district, officials said on Sunday.Banerjee, 43, drowned on March...

Bhubaneswar, April 2 Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida virtually inaugurated 1,889 anganwadi centres (AWCs) across 30 districts on Thursday.Parida, who is also in charge of the Women & Child Development, Mission Shakti, and Tourism departments, said this is a significant step towards...

Bhubaneswar, March 27 Devotees across Odisha, including the Jagannath temple in Puri, flocked to temples on Friday for Ram Navami, amidst stringent security measures.Surveillance was intensified across the state, particularly in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, and Sambalpur, which...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday issued strict instructions to the police to ensure that Ram Navami is celebrated smoothly across the state on March 27.Majhi, who also holds the home portfolio, said that the police must make foolproof arrangements so...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 Altogether, 6,578 people were killed due to lightning, drowning, and snakebites in Odisha in the last two financial years, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the assembly on Thursday.In response to a question from MLA Chakramani Kanhar, the...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore, March 13 Senior BJP leader and former Balasore MLA Jiban Pradip Dash announced his resignation from the party's primary membership on Friday, alleging "moral degradation" by the state leadership.Dash, who has been an MLA three times, made the announcement at a press...

Balasore (Odisha), March 10 Ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, senior BJD leader and former MP Rabindra Kumar Jena resigned from the primary membership of the regional outfit on Tuesday.Sources close to Jena said that he may join the saffron party in a day or two ahead of the Rajya...

Balasore, March 9 A 43-year-old man from Assam died after falling from a moving train in Balasore district, Odisha, police said on Monday.The deceased, identified as Niran Biswas from Chintagaon village in Udalguri district, Assam, was returning home from Tamil Nadu with some relatives when...

Bhubaneswar, February 21 Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Saturday said that 12 of the state's 30 districts have a higher rate of child marriage compared to the national average.Parida made this statement in the assembly while responding to a written question from BJP member Amar...

Balasore (Odisha), February 15 The Odisha Police have rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who was allegedly sold by his father to a man for Rs 1 lakh, officials said.Both the seller and the buyer have been taken into custody.The incident, which took place in the Barisahi village in the...

Balasore (Odisha), February 14 Odisha Police on Saturday rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who was allegedly sold by his father to a man for Rs 1 lakh, after which both were detained, officials said.The incident, which took place in the Barisahi village within the Nilgiri Notified Area...

Balasore, February 13 A man was sentenced to death by a court in the Balasore district of Odisha for killing his wife in an acid attack.Judge Abdul Samim Akhtar awarded the death sentence to Chandan Kumar Rana, in addition to imposing a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.Rana, a resident of...

Balasore, February 13 The driver of a bus carrying pilgrims from West Bengal to Andhra Pradesh died and nine passengers were injured when the bus crashed into the wall of an overbridge on National Highway 16 in Balasore district, Odisha, on Friday, police said.The accident occurred in Bahanaga...

Balasore, February 12 A court in Balasore, Odisha, has sentenced three members of a family to life imprisonment for the murder of a newly-wed woman in 2012.The convicted include the woman's husband, father-in-law, and mother-in-law, according to public prosecutor Kanhu Charan Behera...