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A shopkeeper was allegedly attacked by some youths near Jagannath temple at Baramunda under Khandagiri Police limits after he reportedly denied them credit. The whole incident was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage has been accessed by OTV.

Senior BJP leader Samir Mohanty told the media, "The model code of conduct is in force and the ECI barred the IPS from taking part in any election duty. However, it has been seen that Kutey is calling SPs, IICs and political leaders. He has been working on partisan lines. This is a violation of the poll MCC.”

Dhauli police recovered the body from the Daya River bed, sent it to Capital Hospital for post-mortem and launched a probe.

The accused has been identified as Kadam Sadashiv, a resident of Telangana. He allegedly posed himself as an RPF official on his Instagram account and managed to establish romantic relationships with some girls. Later the accused allegedly tricked the gullible girls into paying him handsomely.  

PCCF Debadutta Biswal on Monday informed that the incidents of forest fire have reduced due to awareness among people and rainfall activities. Forest fire was reported in 27,000 points during the same period last year, he said.

Not only footware unit, Dhanapati also toils hard at his agricultural field and grows vegetables. He has also a poultry farm as a secondary income source.

The cool weather condition is likely to continue for next 24 hours but the maximum temperature is likely to rise subsequently, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today.

With both BJD and BJP adopting a wait-and-watch policy and pinning hopes on leaders switching camps, the Congress seems to be struggling to finalise the names of candidates for the Lok Sabha and Assembly seats.

It is pertinent to mention here that BJD has nominated Parinita Mishra as its candidate for Bargarh Lok Sabha seat. Mishra will lock horns with BJP’s Pradeep Purohit and Congress’ Sanjay Bhoi.

Apart from arresting the Maoists, the security forces also seized a huge arms haul including 19 BGM bombs and gelatin sticks

Among the eight students who are making Odisha and VSSUT proud are Swagat Sekhar Panda, Debankar Subhram, Pallabi Parimita Nayak, Inayatulla Khan, Subhankar Nayak, Faizur Rahman, Ayushman Jena and Subhranshu Ranjan Das.

The driver reportedly lost control over the steering of the bus, and the vehicle rammed into a rock on Bangiriposi ghat

The MeT department has issued Yellow Warning for rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning in at least eight Odisha districts

The deceased have been identified as residents of Beredakia area under Raikia police limits in Kandhamal district

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