Khurda

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  BJP Candidate Arrested In Odisha For Allegedly Vandalising EVM

  A BJP candidate was arrested in Odisha's Khurda district for allegedly vandalising an EVM as he had to wait in queue for a long to cast his vote because the machine malfunctioned, officials said on Sunday.

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  Brain Dead Soldier's Organs Give New Lease Of Life To 2

  The family members of a CRPF soldier in Odisha's Khurda district on Monday donated his heart and liver following his brain death.

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  Class 10 Student Dies By Suicide After Mobile Taken By School Authorities

  A student of Class 10 allegedly died by suicide on his school premises in Khurda district after his mobile phone was "seized" on Friday, police said.

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  Odisha Illegal Firecracker Factory Explosion Deaths Rises To Five

  The death count in the explosion in an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Khurda district mounted to five after one of the four injured persons succumbed to burn injuries, police said on Tuesday.

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  4 Killed, Four Injured In Blast At Illegal Firecracker Factory In Odisha

  At least four people were killed and four others were critically injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Odisha's Khurda district on Monday, police said.

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  Odisha Bureaucrat Accused Of Mental Harassment By Personal Assistant

  The personal assistant of Khurda District Collector has accused his boss of mental harassment at the place of work.

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  Odisha MLA Drives Car Into Crowd, 22 Injured

  At least 22 people, including seven police personnel, were injured when suspended BJD MLA Prasant Jagdev's vehicle allegedly ran over them at Banapur in Khurda district, police said.

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  2 Elephants Killed After Being Hit By Train In Odisha

  Two elephants have been mowed down by a goods train in Odisha's Khurda district, a forest officer said on Sunday.

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  3 Killed, Nine Others Injured After Truck Rams Into Bus In Odisha

  At least three persons were killed and nine others were injured after a truck rammed into a bus on NH 16 in Khurda district on Saturday.

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  Odisha CM Inaugurates Skill Development Institute's Campus

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated Skill Development Institute's permanent campus in Khurda district and laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)-IOC.

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  Odisha Engineering Student Turns Daily Wage Labourer To Pay College Dues

  A civil engineering student, Rosy Behera, has been working on a road project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the last three weeks to deposit a sum of Rs 24,500 in order to obtain her diploma certificate.

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  Odisha Man Tied To Tree, Beaten, Urinated Upon By 2 Men Over Affair: Cops

  A youth was tied to a tree and brutally thrashed by two men who also urinated in his mouth in Odisha's Khurda district, police said.

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  BJP Leader Shot Dead Outside Party Candidate's House In Odisha

  Unidentified gunmen on Sunday shot dead a local BJP leader in Odisha's Khurda town, triggering protest from the BJP. Manguli Jena was BJP's mandal president of Khurda zone-9, the police said on Monday.

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  Wild Boar Chews Off 1-Year-Old Baby's Hand In Odisha

  A wild boar chewed off the palm of a child who was left alone as her parents worked at a nearby stone crusher in Odisha's Khurda district on Saturday, police said.

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  After Cyclone Pabuk Warning In Andamans, 7 Odisha Districts Put On Alert

  The collectors of seven Odisha districts - Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri, Ganjam and Khurda - have been asked to stay alert.