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Berhampur, March 28 A 20-year-old woman is alleged to have attempted suicide by setting herself on fire in Odisha's Ganjam district on Saturday, a day after filing a rape complaint, police said.The woman, who had dropped out of college, reportedly suffered around 50 per cent burn injuries...

Bhubaneswar, March 28 At least five people were killed and 30 others injured when a tourist bus overturned in Odisha's Nayagarh district in the early hours of Saturday, police said.The accident occurred around 2 am when the bus, carrying 55 passengers, overturned on the Hanuman Ghati road at...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 – The Odisha Vigilance department on Thursday unearthed assets worth crores, including Rs 18.90 lakh in cash, during simultaneous searches at multiple locations linked to an Assistant Engineer of the Water Resources Department following allegations of amassing wealth...

Phulbani (Odisha), March 26 An Odisha Police personnel from the elite Special Operations Group (SOG), involved in anti-Maoist operations in the Kandhamal district, was injured in an accidental shooting while climbing a hill in the Daringbadi area, police said on Thursday.The injured personnel...

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur, March 23 Hundreds of roadside eateries and small restaurants in Odisha have been forced to reduce their menus, increase prices, and, in several cases, switch to coal and firewood due to a shortage of commercial LPG cylinders.Prasant Kumar Bhatt, the manager of a...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 The Odisha government has so far deported 75 out of the 77 Bangladeshi infiltrators, who were identified in different parts of the state between June 2024 and February 2026, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on Monday.In a written reply to a question from BJD...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 The Odisha government appointed Dr. Durga Madhav Satpathy as the new Director of Medical Education & Training (DMET) on Thursday, officials said.Satpathy was currently working as the superintendent of the MKCG Medical College Hospital in Berhampur.Dr. Santosh Mishra...

Berhampur, March 16 The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Odisha arrested three people from Rajasthan on Monday for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from a trader near the Berhampur railway station, while posing as CBI officers.The police seized gold ornaments weighing 88 gm, valued at...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 9 A man was killed and three others were injured in an explosion at an ice cream manufacturing unit in the Ganjam district of Odisha on Monday, police said.The incident occurred in the Talapatna village, which falls within the jurisdiction of the Dharakote police...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 5 Odisha Police on Thursday arrested five individuals, including four women, for allegedly forcing children to beg in the city of Berhampur, and rescued nine minors, an official said.The rescued children, including three girls, are aged between four months and 12...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 5 An auto-rickshaw driver was allegedly killed with an axe by a man near a court in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Thursday over suspicions of an extramarital affair, police said.The deceased has been identified as Ashok Kumar Swain (47) of Buduli village within the...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 1 The Ganjam district administration in Odisha has opened a temporary outlet in Berhampur city to sell herbal 'abir' (colours) produced by women self-help groups, officials said on Sunday.Named Rangotsav-2026, the outlet was launched in association with the Odisha...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 27 A court in Ganjam, Odisha, has issued a notice to a man, allegedly for the attachment of his property acquired through operating mule bank accounts to aid cybercriminals, police said on Friday.The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Khallikote, issued a...

Bhubaneswar, February 23 The Odisha government has deported 73 of the 77 Bangladeshi infiltrators residing illegally in various districts of the state, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly on Monday.In a written reply to a question by BJP MLA Padma Lochan Panda, Majhi said...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 18 A POCSO court in Berhampur, Odisha, on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl four years ago, a government counsel said.Additional district judge and POCSO special court judge Pranati Pattnaik...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 14 At least 20 passengers of a bus were injured, two of them seriously, when the vehicle skidded off the road and collided with a roadside hillock in Gajapati district, Odisha, on Saturday, police said.The accident occurred in Chandiput, within the jurisdiction of...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 13 A special court for crimes against women and children here on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to life in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering a four-year-old boy three years ago.Additional District Judge (ADJ) and judge of the...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 13 Odisha Police has arrested two individuals, including a man from Tamil Nadu, for allegedly exploiting three migrant workers from the Ganjam district after trafficking them, police said on Friday.The accused were identified as Khirod Tandi (28) of Palnagar in...