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Bhubaneswar: Despite a plethora of awareness campaigns, parents are seen making fatal and expensive mistakes by allowing their unauthorized minor to drive a vehicle. A case in point is the recent incident in Bhadrak where the Odisha transport department imposed a penalty of Rs 42,500 on the owner of a two-wheeler for allowing a minor […]

Bolangir: Ever been in love? The feeling stretches to infinity and the journey seems like a walk from everlasting to everlasting with no resting points in between. Chandramani Tandi of Luhurapali area under Bongamunda Tehsil of Bolangir district was studying B.Tech at a private college in Bhubaneswar. Like any other engineering student, Tandi also led […]

Puri: Around 80 passengers had a harrowing experience after the floating bridge vessel ferrying them got stuck in Chilika lake due to extreme weather condition on Saturday. As per reports, a bus, several cars and some motorcycles were loaded onto the vessel which was on its way to Satpada from Janhikuda area. Sources said that […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will remain in the grip of hostile weather for the next 72 hours. Though rains will subside from Monday, fog and chill will engulf the State till Tuesday. The weather prediction by US-based Climate Prediction Centre makes a forecast  that cold winds from north west India will sweep Odisha till Tuesday. And the […]

Sonepur: Forest department officials on Saturday arrested two more persons for their alleged involvement in the 2019 elephant poaching case in Sonepur. The accused have been identified as Suresh Karna and Kalia Karna of Meghanand village in the district. Moreover, two tusks weighing nearly 3 kg have also been recovered from their possession. According to […]

Cuttack: Suspected coronavirus patient in Odisha has tested negative and has been discharged from a state-run hospital in Cuttack, authorities of the medical institution said on Sunday. Earlier, two medical students admitted to the hospital had also tested negative, they said. The remaining patient, who was admitted to the coronavirus isolation special ward of the […]

Berhampur: At least ten persons were electrocuted to death and over 40 others injured, when a private bus in which they were travelling, came in contact with an 11KV live transmission wire near Golanthara in Ganjam district on Sunday. According to sources, members of a few families and their relatives were travelling in the private […]

Bhubaneswar: In the recent memory, electrocution of a bus at Golanthra, near Berhampur, on Sunday that took a human toll of around 10 is second such 4-wheeler electrocution case in Odisha. The State had such a tragic 4-wheeler electrocution incident in year 2016, when at least six persons electrocuted to death and over 20 injured […]

Koraput: Incidents of pregnant women being carried in slings and cots to hospitals due to lack of transportation facilities in several remote areas of Odisha, seem to have become a regular affair in the State. In yet another incident, a pregnant woman was forced to cross river in a sling due to the absence of […]

Bhubaneswar: For the State Energy Department, the Golanthra electrocution tragedy has been the latest in its overflowing cup of woes. After emerging as the number one killer of elephants in Odisha, the toll of 10 human lives at Golanthra puts the glare on the lackadaisical approach of the Energy Department. The preliminary inquiry report on […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after a girl student was injured in a firing incident on Monday, Commissionerate Police termed it to be a case of accidental firing. Moreover, the cops arrested victim’s male friend Ashish Nayak in connection with the incident. Commissionerate Police informed that the accused Ashish Nayak has criminal antecedents and he was with the […]

Khallikote: The family members of a migrant labourer who died in a mishap in Cuba are in shock and grief. The poor family of Ramesh Maharana of Khajapalli village under Khallikote block of Ganjam district have appealed to the administration to bring back his body. According to sources, Ramesh had been working in Cuba for […]

Gajapati: She might have born a divyang, but her zeal to study helps overcome her physical limitations each day. Meet Class 9 girl student Srusti Sabar of Kechapanka village under Mohana block of Gajapati district who crawls 2 km every day to reach school. Not privileged like her schoolmates, while going to school on a […]

Bhubaneswar: The death of a 5-year old child in the smart city on Tuesday for the alleged reason of the ambulance getting stuck in traffic jam bares the unsmart traffic management in Odisha’s capital city. This is not the first instance of an ambulance getting stuck in traffic. For daily commuters on roads of the […]

Bhubaneswar: A few days back, a tweep had shared two pictures of Sun Temple in Konark alleging that some of the centuries-old murals have been replaced with plain stones. A massive uproar by Twitterati over the alleged replacement of actual stone carvings has forced the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to come up with a […]