Rayagada

Rayagada: In a disturbing incident, at least 40 members of a tribal woman’s family were made to tonsure their heads as part of a purification ritual after she married a man from a different caste at a village in Kashipur area of Odisha’s…
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Rayagada: The driver and helper of a truck were critically injured after the loaded vehicle fell into a 20-ft deep gorge from a hilly road in Odisha’s Rayagada district. Sources said the mishap took place at Mukundpur Ghat in Kolnara…
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Rayagada: Police on Thursday detained environmentalist Medha Patkar after she arrived in Rayagada to participate in a public meeting at Hatpada under Kashipur block on the occasion of World Environment Day. According to sources, the…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials have unearthed huge assets, including two high-value plots, during raids on sites linked to a Superintending Engineer (SE) in Rayagada, Sahadev Kisan, who was caught with Rs 1.5 lakh unaccounted…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is chalking out a plan to expand coffee plantation in three more tribal regions of the state. According to Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, plans are afoot to promote coffee plantation in…
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Rayagada: Driver of a tanker and locals had a narrow escape after the heavy vehicle fell off a flyover at Rayagada town of Odisha on Sunday. As per preliminary information, the tanker fell over 30 feet off the flyover after crashing…
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Rayagada: Six ganja smugglers were arrested and nearly seven quintals of cannabis seized from them during a special operation by the police in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Saturday. Sources said the arrest was made after a team from…
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Bhubaneswar: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday informed about Rs 70 crore being allocated for establishment of the Rayagada Railway Division in South Odisha. Following a discussion with Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi,…
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Rayagada: A 237-year-old copper plate of the ancestors of Vikram Deb, the Maharaja of Jeypore in Odisha, has been recovered from a metal scrap trader in Rayagada district. Antiquary enthusiast Prof Lalit Kumar Deb, who found the copper…
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Bhubaneswar: Actor-turned-politician Arindam Roy on Friday joined the BJP, hours after resigning from the post of general secretary and primary membership of BJD. Former Gunupur MLA Trinath Gomango also joined the BJP. They were…
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