Tag: Angul

Khurda/Angul: Two infants were found dead while another was rescued in critical condition from two different places in the State on Tuesday. As per reports, Police recovered the bodies of two newborn boys from the backside of a hotel at Pitapalli on NH-16 in Khurda district Tuesday evening. Though the exact reason behind the death […]

Bhubaneswar: A dip in temperature in many areas coupled with a nor’wester brought some respite from the scorching heat in Odisha today, even as the mercury shot up to 40.6 degrees Celsius here. The maximum temperature in Bhubaneswar which stood at 35.8 degrees Celsius yesterday, jumped to 40.6 degree C, while in neighbouring Cuttack the […]

Bhubaneswar: Searing heat persisted in western Odisha with Balangir becoming the hottest place in the state recording 43 degree celsius today, even as a nor’wester brought respite in the coastal region. The mercury breached the 40-degree mark in at least eight places in the state as Titlagarh, also in Balangir district, recorded a maximum temperature […]

Talcher: Two school students drowned while taking bath in Brahmani river at Talcher in Angul district today. The 11th standard students of the DAV School in MCL Jagannath area drowned after being pulled by strong current in the river while taking bath at Paschimeswar Ghat, police said. Also Read: First year engineering student of VSSUT […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD today claimed that the Odisha state BJP president and two of its union ministers have been rejected by the people of their respective districts in the three-tier panchayat elections. “BJP state president Basant Panda, union ministers Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradhan, have been rejected by the people of Nuapada, Sundergarh and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today ordered a probe over a report that a patient with sores on his body was forced to languish on the floor of Cuttack’s SCB Medical College without treatment. Taking a sou-motu cognisance of the report, OHRC Acting Chairperson Justice B K Mishra asked the Revenue Divisional Commissioner […]

Bhubaneswar: Industries must come forward to invest in skill and innovative ideas for employment generation and growth in economy, says Nalco CMD Tapan Kumar Chand. Seventeen per cent of India’s GDP depends on agriculture, 26 per cent on industry and 57 per cent on the service sector, he said. “But to strengthen other sectors, industries […]

National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) is setting up a modern eye hospital at Angul in Odisha in association with LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) entailing an initial investment of Rs 15 crore. LVPEI is a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness and a Global Resource Centre for VISION 2020.

Angul: A team of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) reached Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) and has begun an investigation to establish the exact reason behind the death of male tiger Mahavir (also known as MB-2) in the core area of the forest on Wednesday. The team comprising NTCA IG […]

Angul: The operation to tranquillise tigress Sundari will resume today. The kumki (trained) elephant brought from Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha has already reached Satkosia to help the forest officials capture the big cat. Meanwhile, the elephant ‘Jashoda’ has been kept at Purunakote range office under Satkosia forest division since Saturday. Jashoda was accompanied by […]

Angul: BJP Angul district unit president Bhagirathi Pradhan, who was arrested by police in connection with the violence near Kanjara in the district after tigress ‘Sundari’ allegedly killed a man of Tainsi village on October 21, was sent to jail after the SDJM Court rejected his bail plea here on Sunday. Pradhan was nabbed by […]

Angul: Tension gripped Satkosia area after tigress Sundari allegedly killed a local of Tainsi village in Angul district today. The deceased has been identified as Trinath Sahu. According to reports, Sahu had gone for fishing when the tigress allegedly attacked Sahu leading to his death on the spot. Meanwhile, the enraged villagers reportedly thrashed and […]

Angul: A day after Wildlife Institute of India (WII) researcher cleared that tigress Sundari will stay in Satkosia Tiger Reserve; death of a cow at Lehedi village under Athmallik forest division of Angul district on Monday has once again triggered protests. Athmallik Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Samyak Samantray informed that it is not yet confirmed […]

Angul: Despite lot of awareness, villagers in several parts of Odisha continue fall prey to superstitions and other blind beliefs. In one such incident, a family hired a sorcerer to revive a dead woman in Angul. According to reports, a woman identified as Rinki Barik was bitten by a venomous snake on Saturday. Though the […]

Angul: Vigilance sleuths on Monday arrested Mahosmita Panda, Inspector In-charge (IIC) of NTPC police station at Kaniha of Angul district on charges of demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10,000. Acting on a complaint filed by one Suvendu Kumar Dash of Telisingha under Kaniha police limits, the officials laid a trap and caught Panda red-handed […]