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Bhubaneswar: The highest number of victims who were trafficked for forced labour last year were from Odisha, which also saw cyber crimes shoot up by a whopping 30 per cent amid the coronavirus lockdown, according to NCRB report. The state registered one of the highest rates of murders and attempts to murder in the country, […]

Bhubaneswar: Over 19.53 lakh people in 11 districts of Odisha have been affected by heavy rains in the state since Sunday morning, officials said on Monday. According to a report prepared by the office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), over 19.53 lakh people in 2,789 villages of 11 districts have been affected by the […]

New Delhi: A depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and crossed the Odisha coast on Monday morning, bringing heavy rains to the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Due to the impact of this circulation, western and central India is expected to receive heavy rainfall, the IMD said. The […]

Hyderabad: Already dubbed a godsend for the poor, Telangana’s Rs 5 Annapurna Meal Scheme is all set to go for another thoughtful makeover, this time with much-needed seating arrangements and shelters to be added. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), which runs the scheme, one of the biggest public feeding programmes in the country, is […]

Out of these, four infants (under one month) are under observation at the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), while another six are under treatment at the hospital, said Chief District Medical and Public Health Officer

The monkey used to live on a tree in the compound of the Balichandrapur police station, officials said.

Mahabubabad: A man was beaten to death for allegedly having an extramarital affair with a woman at Kothapet village in Bayyaram mandal in the district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Botra Dumbrumaji (40) of Rangapur district of Odisha State. He was working in a brick kiln unit on the outskirts of the […]

Husband-wife duo do their bit for the environment by making biodegradable plates, bowls

Warangal: District Child Protection Unit of the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, Childline officials of the three districts, Warangal Urban, Warangal Rural, and Jangaon district, in association with the Warangal commissionerate police rescued as many as 374 child labourers from July 1 to 31 as a part of the 7th phase of the […]

Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday directed the officials to disburse the amount and also arrange payment of compensation by the management of the aqua farm

The accused were identified as Aluri Jayamma, Seelam Rajasekhara Reddy and Sadham Satish from Tallada and Wyra mandals in Khammam district

Since 2016, over 600 human traffickers held and 2,605 children rescued from child labour and begging

The state has so far administered 1,50,01,126 vaccine doses including 2,36,774 on Thursday.

The Left Wing Extremism (LWE) activities have significantly come down in the Malkangiri district, especially in the cut-off area.

As many 113 dengue cases have been detected in the Khurda district since January, of which 103 cases were identified only in July, said public health director Niranjan Mishra here on Friday.

Rise in Covid cases in Maharashtra and Kerala is a matter of grave concern for the country, Modi said.

According to the Administrator of Puri Jagannath Temple, Ajaya Jena, the servitors testing negative for Covid-19 would be allowed to participate in the pulling of the chariots.

Majority of the water bodies, which have been receiving huge inflows following incessant rains in their respective catchment areas for the past few days, are brimming at full capacity

As per IMD forecast, under the influence of the cyclonic circulation over coastal Odisha and neighbourhood, a low pressure area has formed

Hyderabad: The Jawaharnagar police on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old mason from Odisha on charges of kidnapping and raping a three-and-a-half-year-old girl at Dammaiguda in Keesara last Sunday. Police said that even as the investigation was on into the incident, the suspect tried to kidnap another minor girl on Friday from the same area. The arrested […]