Bhubaneswar, March 22 – The Odisha Police arrested five people on Sunday in two separate cases involving the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in the Dhenkanal district and the killing of a 14-year-old girl in the Mayurbhanj district.In the first case, the police in Dhenkanal district...
Bhubaneswar, March 17 Odisha Minister of Forests, Environment and Climate Change, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia, on Tuesday informed the assembly that 344 wild elephants have died in the state due to various reasons, including poaching and accidents, from April 2022 to March 10, 2026.In a written...
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Bhubaneswar, March 7 – The Odisha Vigilance Department conducted coordinated searches at multiple locations linked to Pramod Ray, an assistant executive engineer of the Derabish Irrigation Sub-Division, on Saturday, following allegations that he possessed assets far beyond his known sources of...
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Bhubaneswar, March 7 – The Odisha Vigilance conducted simultaneous searches at seven locations linked to Pramod Ray, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of the Derabish Irrigation Sub-Division under the Kendrapara Irrigation Division, on Saturday, officials said.The raids followed allegations...
Dhenkanal, February 10 Three women were killed and three others were injured in an attack by four wild elephants in a forest in Dhenkanal district, Odisha, on Tuesday, a senior official said.The incident occurred near the Lochapali village in the Patpuri forest, within the Sadar range, he...