Miscellaneous News Updates

An expensive car caught fire on Bapuji Nagar flyover in Bhubaneswar late Sunday night. The car overturned after hitting a biker, while the bike rider is reportedly said to have died in the collision.

Soon after the horrific bridge tragedy at Morbi in Gujarat on Sunday, local administration at Athagarh in Cuttack district has reduced the capacity on the suspension bridge at famous Dhabaleswar shrine.

Cuttack Collector informed that the suspension bridge connecting Dhabaleswar temple located on an island in Mahanadi river in Athagarh of Cuttack district will remain shut on Tuesday to facilitate the safety inspection. 

Superstitious practices rampant in village Tribal village in Odisha's Malkangiri. People trust witch-doctors more than doctors.

IndiaOne Air operated the inaugural flight from Bhubaneswar to Jeypore at an introductory offer of Rs 999.

Only 200 devotees are being allowed to travel through the bridge to the island shrine at a time.  

The Odisha BJP has threatened to gherao Naveen Niwas, the residence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, over the infamous honey-trap case involving lady blackmailer Archana Nag.

It is suspected that the death occurred two to three days ago as the neighbours picked a foul smell coming from their locked house before informing the police.

Six persons travelling in two cars got trapped after portion of a bridge collapsed at T. Rampur in Kalahandi district today. A team of firefighters along with local police immediately reached the spot for rescue operation.

Residents of Kayalapada gram panchayat under Choudwar block on Saturday night chose a unique way to protest against the administration apathy.

The decision for the review meeting was made after astrologers and scholars pointed out mistakes in the timings that had been finalised by the SJTA.

The DJB Director collected water from the Yamuna in a container and then took a bath on the bank to show the water is not hazardous.

According to sources, the vehicles were crossing through the bridge when the incident took place.

In a strange turn of events, an inspector-in-charge (IIC) of a police station in Bhubaneswar has lodged a complaint against his own name. The police officer Krupasindhu Barad posted at Balipatna police station, has also lodged a complaint against sub-inspector Rakesh Samal following directions from Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh.

A resident of the nondescript Kardapal village in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, Kunni runs a silk spinning centre. What makes her stand apart from others is the fact that she uses only solar power to run the centre.