Kamal Lochan

City residents were initially alarmed by a loud 'Extremely Severe Alert' on their phones, mistaking it for a technical issue or cyberattack. This was a nationwide trial of India's new Cell Broadcast System for instant disaster alerts, designed to reach citizens simultaneously in their regional languages without requiring data or talk time.

Keonjhar police have arrested 20 individuals for alleged marijuana smuggling from the Anandapur area. A significant seizure of 10 quintals of ganja, two cars, two bikes, and Rs 12,000 in cash was made during the operation. All accused have been sent to judicial custody, with authorities vowing to continue strict operations against drug smuggling.

Maoists shot dead a former samiti member suspecting him to be a police informer in Malkangiri district on Tuesday.

The Orissa high court has reinforced a civil judge's ruling, which granted a succession certificate to the deceased police officer's mother and daughter. In rejecting an appeal from a woman claiming to be his wife, the court highlighted the complexity of marital disputes, asserting they must undergo a comprehensive civil trial.

A day after Maoists gunned down a former samiti member in Malkangiri district, sources claimed that Red rebels set the body on fire.But police have dismissed the reports."It was a rumour.

The authorities of Nandankanan Zoological Park have started afternoon patrolling in view of the ongoing heat wave-like condition here to ensure the safety of animals.

Nandankanan will wear a festive look for three days during the forthcoming Raja, beginning June 14.

A constable took a bullet after a bank's security guard's gun went off accidentally at Madhupatna here on Monday.Police said the accident occurred when cash was being shifted from the bank.

The Odisha government has suspended three police personnel, including the in-charge of Choudwar police station, following the alleged custodial death of Rasananda Nayak. Nayak, arrested for bike theft, reportedly died by suicide while in custody. Family members have alleged torture, prompting the government to take action against the involved officers.

Two persons died at Subai sevashram in Koraput's Semiliguda block on Thursday after the office roof collapsed.

Two people died after falling from rooftops and over 200 brought to the city's SMS Hospital following mishaps while flying kites during Makar Sankranti, an official said.

A man surrendered to police on Friday, a day after murdering his wife in Dhenkanal district's Parjang area. The accused, Pradeep Kumar Khuntia (35) of Saranga village, told police that he had killed his wife suspecting her involvement in a blue film racket.

The Crime Branch (CB) on Sunday began investigation into the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old for 10 days in a jungle.

A 19-year-old lioness died at Nandankanan, on the outskirts of the city, on Friday afternoon.

The Nandankanan zoo officials are at a loss.The male wild tiger that had entered tiger safari after remaining elusive for three weeks, is showing no sign of entering its enclosure again.

A week after nine Chhattisgarh policemen were killed in a Maoist ambush in Orissa, the sole missing policeman of the 10-member team surfaced safe and alive, 35 km from the ambush site, inside a forest in Chhattisgarh.

kamal lochan Behera, a gynecologist of Deogarh government hospital, was severely injured when a youth attacked him with a sword at Deogarh town on Monday evening.

The Nabarangpur district administration has joined hands with Singapore-based Codeversity.club to bring quality coding education to 30,000 tribal students absolutely free of cost.

There has been a rise in heinous crimes in Dhenkanal district in the past few months with the culprits eluding police. In some cases the accused have been marked untraced after cops failed to identify and arrest them.

PURULIA: What is common to kamal lochan Mishra, Mother Teresa, Hari Prasad Chaurasia and Russy Modi? All of them have won the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini awards.

The animal rights activist has started the campaign for saving the birds ahead of Makar Sankranti in Jaipur on Monday.

The Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) or cyclone siren system installed in five coastal districts has been alerting villagers about the impending very severe cyclone Yaas which is likely to cause large scale damage. Odisha State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA), which controls the sirens, has been using it to alert people about the impending disaster.