News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a dramatic twist to the broad daylight murder of a person and subsequent public lynching bid on the two accused, police commissioner of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, Sudhansu Sarangi clarified that the murder was an act of counter-attack for self defence. Earlier in the day, a person named Tukuna was killed by two brothers, […]

Jajpur: Tension ran high at Panasudha village under Balichandrapur police limits in Jajpur district as a group clash over claiming of a podium for Astaprahari rituals led to torching of a police vehicle on Saturday. According to sources, a clash broke between two groups of people at Panasudha village over the claiming of a podium […]

Puri: Amid emphasis on a fundraising drive for Puri Jagannath temple in the lines of Nidhi Samarpan Abhiyan, politics has hot up in Odisha over taking credit for the development of the 12th-century shrine. On February 27, three resolutions were passed in the State Assembly under the heritage corridor development project for Puri Lord Jagannath […]

Jajpur: At least 13 persons have been detained in connection with the torching of two police vehicles during a group clash at Panasudha village in Jajpur district last night. A police team raided the village which falls under Balichandrapur police limits late in the night and picked up 13 villagers for their alleged involvement in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday decided to create a new department to strengthen the self help groups in the State. The new department will work for SHG & their federations both in rural and urban areas, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Minister Tukuni Sahu said. The decision to set up the ‘Mission Shakti’ […]

Kendrapara: A three-member panel constituted by Orissa High Court Saturday made a field trip to Gahirmatha marine sanctuary here and assessed the measures taken for the conservation of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles, forest officials said. The panel comprises wildlife and environment activist Kartik Shankar, the director (environment) Sushant Nanda and advocate Mohit Agarwal made […]

Berhampur: A sea turtle research centre of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) was inaugurated at Gopalpur in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Friday to study the endangered Olive Ridley turtles that annually lay millions of eggs along the State’s coast. The centre, named after noted sea turtle expert C S Kar, was inaugurated by ZSI […]

Soro: Locals of Kantiachera village in Soro area of Balasore district were left bewildered after a giant shark was found dead in a nullah on Sunday morning. The carcass was found in the nullah which is connected to a nearby sea. It was suspected that the carcass came floating in the nullah from the sea. […]

Bhubaneswar: A thick blanket of fog enveloped several districts of Odisha on Sunday morning, leading to significant drop in the visibility. According to sources, very dense fog was seen in isolated pockets in the State. Commuters faced considerable inconvenience while venturing out due to poor visibility. Yesterday, Bhubaneswar emerged as the hottest place in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Barely a couple of days after a group of students of VSSUT in Sambalpur district were wrongly diagnosed with Covid-19, a similar lapse has come to fore in Rourkela. A 71-year-old retired doctor, S Suleiman, who was tested positive for COVID-19 through RT-PCR (at IGH Rourkela) even after receiving two doses of Covishield vaccine, […]

Sambalpur: In a fresh twist to the Covid-19 test lapses at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Sambalpur, a private firm on Sunday claimed that the test kits supplied by it for detection of SARS-CoV2 were not defective. The Delhi-based kit manufacturing company, Oscar Medicare Pvt Ltd, performed live demo of the kits […]

Bhubaneswar: Throwing a direct challenge to the Commissionerate Police, two bike borne miscreants armed with sharp weapons allegedly snatched gold chain from a woman in Bhubaneswar while she was out to pluck flowers on early Sunday morning. The woman has been identified as Anasuya Behera and is a resident of Khandagiri Bari area under Bharatpur […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Odisha forest department is struggling to bring raging forest fire in Similipal biosphere reserve under control, reports of similar incidents of wildfire have surfaced in several parts of the State. A day after a massive fire broke out at the Khandagiri hill, on the outskirts of the Capital city, destroying […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the world will be observing the International Women’s Day on March 8 with the theme “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,” are the women who constitute nearly half of the population of Odisha are hale enough to lead the society? The statistics, however, graph a shocker for […]

Rourkela: From garments to home decors and even toys for children, this tribal ‘Haat’ at Pokrabahal village near the Steel City sells everything for just Rs 5 per piece. Trying to shun the so called freebies culture that the poor of Odisha have been made accustomed to, some professors from the National Institute of Technology […]