Bhubaneswar: There are always two sides of a coin. If on one face the Capital City is claimed as the smartest of the smart cities in the State, it also has an ugly side- the attacks, loots, murders, theft taking place every now and then. Bhubaneswar has witnessed numerous attacks on senior residents in recent […]
Apr 28, 2021
Kalahandi: ‘We have orders from the top. Please remove your jewellery.’ This was enough for a three-member criminal gang to trick an elderly woman and loot gold ornaments from her in broad daylight in the busy streets of Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. Reportedly, the miscreants intercepted one Ramkali Agarwal and asked her to remove her […]
Apr 28, 2021
Keonjhar: An elderly man was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft at Sendhakap village under Sadar Police limits of the district on Saturday. According to sources, one Dinabandhu Munda of the village was allegedly murdered while he was sleeping in his house late on Saturday night. Dinabandhu’s family members alleged that seven […]
Apr 28, 2021
Jagatsinghpur: In another instance of police brutality, an officer of Marine Police station here has been accused of misbehaving with an elderly couple and torturing them in their house at Naharana village of the district. As per a complaint lodged with Jagatsinghpur ASP Biswanath Mishra, the elderly couple, Sadhu Charan Jena and his wife have […]
Apr 28, 2021
Kolkata: Aiming to lend support to geriatric care by aiding caregivers to reach out to the aged on time, students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed two interconnected android smartphone applications, an official said on Monday. The app named ‘CARE4U’, developed by an interdisciplinry team of 2nd year B.Tech students, connects […]
Apr 28, 2021
New Delhi: A curious case of “lizards” being found in railway food was finally cracked after it was found that a senior citizen was the serial offender who contaminated his own meal to get free ones from the national transporter. A senior divisional commercial manager noticed the uncanny similarity in the modus-operandi in the cases […]
Apr 28, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed at Jaydev Vihar area as an elderly woman died after allegedly falling into an open drain here on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as T Akamma of Salia Sahi area of the city. As per reports, the incident occurred due to acute waterlogging following thundershowers that lashed the Smart City this […]
Apr 27, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Members of both the Opposition and ruling party today expressed displeasure in the State Assembly over safety of senior citizens. Responding to a question by the Opposition, Social Security Minister Ashok Panda said that as many as 286 cases of atrocity against elderly parents were registered, of which verdict of 119 cases is out […]
Apr 27, 2021
Jajpur: Abused, abandoned and neglected by family members, an elderly man from Jajpur district has signed will to donate his entire property to State Government after his death. The moving story of Khetramohan Mishra, has exposed how the rising trend of elder abuse and neglect is threatening moral values in the society. Khetramohan, a resident […]
Apr 27, 2021
Jajpur: A day after reports of an elderly man deciding to donate his entire property to the State government made the headlines; the son of the old man today sought administrative intervention to resolve the dispute and assured to take back his father into the family. On Thursday, one Khetramohan Mishra of Muraripur village in […]
Apr 27, 2021
New Delhi: Serious security flaws in GPS trackers manufactured by a Chinese company have been found to expose location data of nearly 6 lakh children and elderly, according to researchers from cybersecurity firm Avast. The researchers spotted the vulnerabilities in the T8 Mini GPS tracker and nearly 30 other models by the same manufacturer, Shenzhen […]
Apr 26, 2021
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: When technology turns a blessing, the world seems to be a far beautiful place to live in. With great power comes great responsibility and that is what social media has turned out to be if we see how a simple tweet changes the lives of many in recent past, the latest being an […]
Apr 25, 2021
Paralakhemundi: Children are considered as their parents’ support system in old age. But is it that big a dream to expect a little love and selfless service from the offspring? Janaki Adhikari is 75, helpless, neglected even though she stays with her son and daughter-in-law. Robbed off service and care, the elderly woman from Gopini […]
Apr 25, 2021
Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of International Day for Older Persons, Odisha has to revisit the wise words of former US first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” Therefore, the moment is ripe for Odisha to shape up a policy for the elderly as […]
Apr 25, 2021
Berhampur: A group of people pulled out teeth of six elderly persons and forced them to consume human excreta at a village in Odisha’s Ganjam district suspecting them of practising witchcraft, police said on Wednesday. A group of people of Goparpur village suspected that the six elderly men practised witchcraft which caused the death of […]
Apr 25, 2021
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