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Cyclone Phailin: coastal Odisha districts plunge into darkness
India | Oct 13, 2013, 10:06 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Power distribution companies switched off power supply in at least a dozen towns in the coastal districts of Odisha since Saturday because of largescale uprooting of electric poles and vulnerability of snapped overhead wires.
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Fishermen still stranded on trawler off Paradip
India | Oct 13, 2013, 07:19 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Eighteen fishermen, who had ventured out in the sea despite being warned of Cyclone Phailin, were still stranded on their trawler off the coast of Paradip in Odisha for the second day yesterday.The fishermen
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Tribal woman gang-raped in Odisha
India | Oct 07, 2013, 06:56 AM ISTBhubaneswar: A 27-year-old tribal woman was allegedly gang-raped and deserted in a vegetable garden at Kuamada village in Banki police station area of Cuttack district yesterday, police said.The woman has been staying at her father's
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Woman gets family pension 50 yrs after husband's death in Odisha
India | Oct 05, 2013, 05:01 PM ISTKendrapara (Odisha): A septuagenarian widow has received family pension after waiting for over half a century for it.77-year-old Harapriya Devi, whose husband died while serving as a lecturer in English department in Bhubaneswar's BJB College
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US engineer held with bullets at Bhubaneswar airport
India | Sep 18, 2013, 10:10 PM ISTBhubaneswar: An American engineer was arrested on Wednesday from the Biju Patnaik Airport in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar after security staff found eight bullets in his possession, police said.William Michael Hurtubise, 25, an engineer with US-based
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OPCC rejects Deo's statement as BJD launches 3-day protest
India | Sep 13, 2013, 07:48 AM ISTBhubaneswar: With the ruling BJD launching a three-day state-wide protest against Union Triba Affair Minister V K Deo's statement favouring shift of East Coast Railway Zone's headquarters from here to Vishakhapatanam in Andhra Pradesh, the
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Minor girl gang-raped in Odisha
India | Sep 12, 2013, 03:08 PM ISTBhubaneswar: A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by six persons, including her lover, for four days in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said yesterday. The incident came to light yesterday when the girl reported
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Four killed in Odisha building collapse
India | Sep 08, 2013, 10:48 AM ISTBhubaneswar: At least four people, including two minor girls, were killed when a two-storeyed building collapsed Sunday in Odisha's beach town of Puri, police said.The building, believed to be about 100 years old, was in
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Naveen asks home secretary, DGP to rush to Maoist-hit Koraput
India | Aug 30, 2013, 07:48 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday asked the home secretary and director general of police (DGP) to rush to Koraput district and take stock of the situation in the southern region of the state.
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Stolen items from temple recovered in Bhubaneswar
India | Jul 14, 2013, 07:29 AM ISTBhubaneswar, July 14: The Karnataka Police yesterday recovered miniature idols made of precious metals stolen from the Jain shrine in Moodabidri, about 37 km from Mangalore, from the Odisha state capital here, police sources said.Also
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IAS officer in Odisha jumps to death before train in Bhubaneswar
India | Jun 25, 2013, 04:30 PM ISTBhubaneswar,June 25 : An IAS officer in Odisha was killed after being hit by a train at the railway station here with the police maintaining it was a case of suicide, but his family disputed
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Four radars at Kolkata airport failed to work, 2 flights diverted to Bhubaneswar
India | Feb 01, 2013, 06:39 AM ISTKolkata, Feb 1: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered a probe into an incident at Kolkata airport on Thursday, when four radars failed to function and two flights of Jet Airways and Indigo
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Colangelo Meets Italian Consul General In Bhubaneswar
India | Mar 26, 2012, 08:23 AM ISTBhubaneswar, Mar 26: Hours after being released by Maoists, Italian tourist Claudio Colangelo arrived here on Sunday night and met his country's Consul General Joel Melchiori.Accompanied by security personnel, 61-year-old Colangelo was brought to the
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Over 20 Fall Ill Due To Chlorine Gas Leak In Bhubaneswar
India | Nov 27, 2011, 11:33 AM ISTBhubaneswar, Nov 27: Over 20 people fell ill due to leakage of Chlorine gas from a water tank in Bhubaneswar on Saturday evening. The mishap took place while water supply workers were applying chlorine to
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Orissa CM Refers Horsetrading issue To EC
India | Jun 25, 2011, 06:39 PM ISTBhubaneswar, Jun 25 : With ruling BJD coming under attack over alleged horse-trading during last year's Rajya Sabha polls, Orissa government today referred the matter to the Election Commission for appropriate action.“The matter relating to
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Three IIIT Students Drowned Near Bhubaneswar
India | Apr 12, 2011, 08:04 AM ISTBhubaneswar, Apr 12: In a shocking incident, three IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) in Bhubaneswar died of drowning at the Jhumka Dam on Monday while taking bath in a group during a picnic trip,