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Boipariguda/Champua: Two minor girls drowned today in separate incidents in Malkangiri and Keonjhar districts of Odisha. In the first incident, a six-year-old girl who had come to her relative’s house along with family to witness…

Jajpur: A minor boy met his watery grave today morning while taking a bath in Budha river, a tributary of the Baitarani river, in Odisha’s Jajpur district. A friend of the boy had gone missing and was later rescued by some locals. The…

Bhubaneswar: A 52-year-old senior official who was working in the Agriculture department met his watery grave Tuesday afternoon while immersing the Sraddha Pinda (cooked rice offering) of his mother at a pond in Gadakana village under…

Puri: A youth drowned today while taking a bath in the sea near Light House under Baliapanda police limits in Puri town of this district. The deceased was identified as Archit Banerjee, who belonged to neighbouring West Bengal. According…

Bhanjanagar: A male student of Berhampur MKCG Medical College and Hospital (MKCGMCH) today drowned as his legs slipped in Huluhula Ganda of Rushikulya river near Bhagabanpur village under Sorada police limits in Ganjam district. The…

Jagatsinghpur: As many as seven persons got swept away in the Devi river when they were performing the tenth-day (Dasah) rituals of their relative today near Baredia under Baisi Mouza in Jagatsinghpur. Six of them were later rescued, of…

Bhawanipatna/Kanas: Two persons met their watery graves in separate incidents in Kalahandi and Puri districts, yesterday. Their bodies were fished out today. In the first incident, a youth drowned in Reta canal near Gudialipadar village…

Dharmasala: Two youths, who happen to be friends, drowned today while taking a bath in Brahmani river at Gokarneswar ghat under Dharmasala police limits in Jajpur. The two deceased were identified as Soumya Ranjan Maharana aka Muna and…

Choudwar: The body of an MBA student, who had gone missing yesterday after drowning in a dam at Maa Damadamani shrine near Choudwar in Cuttack district, was fished out today from the reservoir water by a joint team of ODRAF and local fire…

Puri: A youth met his watery grave today while he was taking a bath at Puri beach. The deceased was identified as 24-year-old Bishal Oram, who belonged to Ranchi city of Jharkhand. Bishal was working in the Office of Jharkhand Chief…