Cuttack/Athagarh:The body of a female elephant was found near Taila village under Athagarh forest division here in the district this morning. The jumbo is presumed to be aged about 7 years old. The body of the animal was found lying...
Bhubaneswar:Expediting its long standing demand of special category state status for Odisha, as the winter session of the Parliament is slated to start from December 11 onwards the BJD parliamentary board will press for it during the upcoming Winter Session...
In the wake of frequent elephant deaths reported in Odisha in the recent past, the State government in collaboration with East Coast Railway has discovered a unique way to protect the wildlife. Forest department will install devices which mimic the humming...
In a tragic incident, at least four persons were killed and ten others sustained injuries after a van in which they were travelling and a truck collided head-on on NH-55 near Katada under Jarpada police limits in Odisha’s Angul district...
The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch on Saturday busted a pangolin smuggling racket in Udala in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. Acting on a tip-off about the racket, a team of STF conducted the raid and arrested four persons...
Sundergarh:Tension prevailed at the Rajgangpur Police Station last night after a detainee was found hanging inside its latrine and his family members alleged it to be a ‘custodial death’. The deceased has been identified as Jai Lakra (30), a resident...
Bhubaneswar:After being lodged in Jharpada jail in Bhubaneswar for 45 days since his arrest on October 23, research scholar Abhijit Iyer Mitra was finally released on Thursday evening. He was granted conditional bail by the Court of the Judicial Magistrate...
Balasore:Sahadevkhunta police detained three persons here allegedly involved in circulating fake currency notes on Wednesday afternoon. The cops seized fake currency of Rs 9000 from their possession. All the miscreants were residents of chandankiari village under Bokaro district of jharkhand....
