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Malkangiri: Unleashing terror, Maoists today killed a contractor and torched three vehicles at Goliaguda village under Mathili police limits in Malkangiri district. The deceased has been identified as Sukumara Mandal. Reportedly,…
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Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll increased to 1,825 in Odisha after 5 more patients succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. The fresh death cases due to COVID-19 were reported from Sundargarh district…
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Jharsuguda: An unidentified man was murdered brutally after allegedly being run over by a vehicle on Sundargarh-Kanika road under Lakhanpur police limits in Jharsuguda district. The body was found on the road in the morning today. As…
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Kendrapada: As the process has begun to reopen religious institutions including temples across the State, the district administration in Kendrapada has decided to reopen the famous Baladev Jew Temple for devotees from January 3 next…
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Bhubaneswar: A spike of 351 new COVID-19 cases was reported in Odisha today, following which the state’s total caseload rose to 3,25,147. Of the total fresh cases detected from 27 districts, 203 have been reported…
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Rourkela: A vegetable seller of Odisha’s Rourkela city fell prey to GST fraud as a notice of Rs 110 crore tax evasion has been served to him. Kartik Kamila, who runs a small vegetable shop in the steel city, was taken aback after seeing…
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Puri: The Pahili Bhoga ritual of Lord Jagannath and his divine siblings was held at Srimandir here on the auspicious occasion of Dhanu Sankranti today. The main door of the sanctum sanctorum was opened at 3 AM today for conduct of…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch today took arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi on remand for two days for further probe into his alleged involvement in duping job seekers. The Court of SDJM, Bhubaneswar has permitted the…
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Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high in Master Canteen area here today after two of ANM workers protesting at the Lower PMG here attempted self-immolation by pouring kerosene on their bodies. However, some other protesting ANM…
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Nayagarh: Amid uproar across Odisha over the murder of a 5-year-old girl in Nayagarh, a 3-year-old girl who had gone missing was found dead in a pond at Badhipatna village under Ranpur police limits in the district, today. Police have…
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