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Flooding remained grim in north Odisha on Thursday, with 373 villages inundated across Balasore, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj. While major rivers showed receding trends, thousands remained affected. Authorities deployed 47 rescue teams and maintained round-the-clock monitoring across affected districts

Depression-induced heavy rainfall has worsened flooding in northern Odisha, affecting 9.40 lakh people. The state has evacuated 3.30 lakh residents and deployed rescue teams. Rising river levels may worsen flooding in Balasore, while IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall

Fresh floods triggered by heavy rainfall have affected six Odisha districts, with over 41,000 people relocated from 429 villages. Authorities deployed 79 rescue teams and opened relief centres as rivers crossed danger levels, while the IMD forecast more heavy rainfall

The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested three accused after searches in Odisha and Rajasthan in a ₹2.07-crore digital arrest scam. Investigators alleged the suspects laundered the fraud proceeds through multiple bank accounts and a trust to evade detection

In Balasore, Odisha Police rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy allegedly sold by his father for Rs 1 lakh in Nilgiri. The father and buyer were detained after a viral video exposed the deal. The child was handed to welfare authorities

A Balasore family alleged they received the wrong body of their kin, who died in Bengaluru, due to mislabelling of a coffin. The mix-up was discovered after opening the casket, forcing an ambulance en route to Siliguri to return

A 20-year-old B.Ed student in Odisha died after self-immolating over alleged sexual harassment by her professor. She succumbed to burn injuries at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. Police have arrested the accused HoD and the college principal for negligence and abetment.

Another male student, who attempted to save her, also suffered injuries and both were rushed to the district headquarters hospital here. Later, she was referred to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for advanced treatment

The accident took place when the bus on its way to Puri skidded off the road and fell on its side in paddy field near Mahamadnagar Patna

The collisions involved two passenger trains and a goods train. At least 14 passengers were killed and over 50 injured in Sundays collision between Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger and Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger near Kantakapalli junction in Kothavalasa mandal (block).

As per their wishes, inmates and staff of the leprosy treatment centre had arranged a marriage ceremony as per Hindu marriage rituals.

CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 54,000.

CBI filed a charge sheet against three arrested Railways officials for alleged culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident case

Due to the incessant downpour, water levels in the Bramhani, Baitarani and Mahanadi rivers have increased, leading to the inundation of crop fields

Union Minister further said that the Commissioner of Railway Safety under the Ministry of Civil Aviation has completed its inquiry into the Balasore train accident

Putting in place fool-proof systems to prevent the recurrence of such ghastly mishaps and fixing systemic shortcomings are main challenges

After the arrests, the central agency brought all of them to Bhubaneswar and produced before them in a CBI court here after their health check-up.

The agency arrested Senior Section Engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar

The CRS, which is probing the Balasore accident, in its report also highlighted the "lapses in the signalling-circuit-alteration" carried out at the north signal 'goomty'.

As many as 287 people had died on the spot in the triple train crash on June 2 while 1,208 persons were injured