News from Dhenkanal

 Though she has urged concerned officials to allot her a house under government yojanas, her pleas remained unheard of for which she took this extreme step.

Sources said that the trainer aircraft reportedly fell from a height of 15ft. The trainee pilot was flying solo in the aircraft.

Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 50- 60 kmph and heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Dhenkanal,Jajpur, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khordha.

In 2019, Satpathy openly announced that he was bidding goodbye to electoral politics to actively concentrate on journalism following the wish of his son. 

“The cyber cell of Odisha Crime Branch had seized over 19,000 pre-activated SIM cards in Dhenkanal district few days ago. In this connection, the CB has taken mastermind Dushmant Sahu and his two aides on a five-day remand and launched an investigation,” said Crime Branch ADG Sanjeeb Panda. 

The victim has been identified as class 10 student Amit Das Pradhan from Kankili village. Amit’s father and another person also sustained critical injuries in the accident

In a bid to project the jumbos, a first-of-its-kind animal overpass will come up over the railway track at Kapilash Wildlife Sanctuary in Dhenkanal district.

As per IMD, people in Odisha will get relief from the scorching heat conditions in view of the rain and thunderstorm activities.

As per the initial reports, the firing is believed to be the fallout of an ongoing land dispute between the two families.

A rare albino cobra was rescued by snake helpline member from Renandapatna area in Bhuban police limits of Dhenkanal district on Monday.

On March 30, Jayanti had alleged that shots were fired in front of her house and death threats were issued to her. She had then accused the workers of the ruling BJD of resorting to blank firing and issuing death threats to her.

The Banajaga Yatra, undertaken for the Nabakalebara of the idols at Sharana Srikshetra in Dhenkanal’s Ekagharia, was stopped on Monday by the temple trust following stiff opposition from Jagannath devotees and the Daitapati Nijog at Srimandir in Puri.

Senior servitor Jagdish Dash Mohapatra explained that if such rituals are organised everywhere without any respect to the tradition and the codes specified only for the chief abode of the Lord, it will cause a huge setback to the Jagannath faith. 

The private bus, named Maa Samalei, was headed to Banasingh from Dhenkanal when it overturned after the driver reportedly lost control over the vehicle.

Inspired by the super hit Telugu movie ‘Pushpa’, three men in Odisha allegedly tried to smuggle gallons of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in a water tanker before they ran out of luck.