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It was a complete breakdown of law and order in Bhubaneswar on many accounts. First, a gruesome murder in broad daylight in busy CRP area.

A giant shark was found dead in a canal near Kantiachera village in Soro area of Balasore district. According to sources, the shark was caught in the fishermen's net on Sunday and then a few locals after sighting the mammal dragged it to the canal close to the Bay of Bengal coast.

India has crossed the 2 crore-mark in the cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses. As per Health Ministry data, the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 2.06 crore on Saturday.

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Putting all speculations to rest, actor Mithun Chakraborty joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday in presence of BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi and other senior leaders of West Bengal.

The confusion over diagnostic efficiency of Covid testing kits supplied to Burla Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) deepens further. While Odisha State Medical Corporation (OSMC) had claimed that the antigen tests conducted on some students who tested positive were done through faulty kits, one of the two private firms which were served a show-cause notice has refuted the charges.

On January 9, 1999, Anjana Mishra was brutally gang-raped by three men at Barang on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The case had triggered a political upheaval in Odisha leading to the resignation of the then Chief Minister late J.B Pattnaik. Anjana Mishra fought for 22 long years against the system and held her head high. She fought for justice and never relented. Armed with an iron will, Anjana fought alone without anyone’s support. Her perseverance finally paid off. On February 22, the key accused in the case, Biban Biswal was arrested in operation Silent Viper.

Amid concerns over raging forest fires in Similipal Reserve and other forests and protected areas of Odisha, a fresh forest fire was reported near Balichua area in the Kuldiha Sanctuary on Sunday night (March 7).

A spine-chilling video of a Black Panther attacking a street dog has taken the internet by storm. The entire incident was captured on a CCTV camera in the area.

Dare you set fire in the forests, there you land in jail. With the wildfires seeming unstoppable across many forest patches of Odisha, the authorities of Sambalpur forest division have warned of stringent legal action against those found intentionally setting forest tracts on fire.

This is no ordinary marriage ceremony. This is also a celebration of the journey of a woman who has not just fought to get her own life on track, but helped others do so. And hence, there cannot be a more apt celebration to mark the International Women’s Day.

In a shocking incident, the decapitated body of a man was found on railway tracks near Lingaraj Road Station in Bhubaneswar on Monday.

A young couple allegedly committed suicide after their families disapproved of their love relationship. Police on Monday recovered bodies of a youth and a girl lying in a pool of blood in a closed room at Ariba village under Gurandi police limits in Gajapati district.

Clearing the doubts surrounding the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, the original sample of Rourkela-based doctor, identified as Dr Suleiman came out negative at RMRC on Sunday (March 7). This came after the doctor had completed both the doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, but had still tested positive for the virus at IGH, Rourkela last month.

In a shocking incident, a man whose marriage proposal was rejected killed the concerned woman’s mother in a fit of rage on Monday. The incident was reported from Karlakhunta village under Kesinga Police limits of Kalahandi district.