Tag: Angul

Angul: The issue of safety and security at Angul District Headquarters hospital has come under scanner as once again the eyes of a dead person were allegedly gouged out at the morgue of the hospital Monday night. Shockingly, this is the second such incident reported at Angul hospital in a span of four days. Last […]

Angul: Search operation is still underway to trace the three missing workers following the landslide at the open cast mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Bharatpur of Angul district which killed one person on Tuesday. A 30-member NDRF team along with the MCL’s security personnel, local police and district administration are carrying out the […]

Angul: Rescuers today recovered some parts of another body trapped under the debris at the open cast mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Bharatpur of Talcher. As per reports, a joint team of NDRF and MCL’s mine rescuers retrieved a severed hand and some other parts of a person’s body from the debris. However, […]

Talcher: BJP leaders on Wednesday announced their decision to withdraw the week-long agitation that crippled coal production and supply at Talcher Coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Odisha’s Angul district after a mishap at a mine claimed four lives last week. MCL officials said they are examining the situation before taking any decision on […]

Angul: A day after the incident of a woman kicking her grandson came to fore, video of another woman thrashing her three-year-old granddaughter has gone viral on social media. As per reports, the woman from Gadadaras village of Bantala area in the district punished her granddaughter for having food at a neighbour’s place without permission. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar today issued heavy rainfall warning for seven Odisha districts- Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Boudh and Puri. Duty officer, Ajay Nayak informed that the yesterday’s low pressure area over coastal Odisha moved towards Northwest Odisha and its neighbourhood and under its impact several parts will experience light to moderate […]

Bhubaneswar: The increase in pollution levels across Odisha was one of the key concerns raised during the 36th Foundation Day celebration of the Odisha Pollution Control Board today. During the event, it was learned that in cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Balasore, Angul and Talcher there has been a significant rise in pollution levels. As […]

Bhubaneswar: In the fight against anaemia, Odisha has apparently fallen behind. The State dropped three ranks down in the Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Index 2019. Odisha with an assigned value of 33.4 has been ranked 11th in first quarter of 2019-20 vis-a-vis of 8th in year 2018-19. The slip-up in the rank chart was attributed […]

Angul: A ward member was allegedly hacked to death by some miscreants with sharp weapons in Angul district on Sunday. As per reports, some unidentified miscreants murdered one Jagabandhu Behera, a ward member who hails from Antulia panchayat in full public glare at Antulia market. Sources said after committing the crime, the accused fled the […]

Kandhamal: An elderly woman was allegedly thrashed by her son and daughter-in-law for asking monthly maintenance money in Phulbani town. According to reports, one Kuntala Nayak has three sons and a daughter. However, she along with her husband stays with their daughter while her sons jointly provide them maintenance money of Rs 2, 500 every […]

Bhubaneswar: With the exit of monsoon from Odisha, aerosols cover in the atmosphere over Odisha have increased. Even as the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) value for Odisha has been estimated at around 0.8-0.9, which is almost at par with Delhi’s AOD, the air quality index (surface air) of Odisha looks far healthier than Delhi. As […]

Bhubaneswar: Air pollution is real in Odisha, notwithstanding the claims of State government. The State’s three top cities Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Rourkela stand more polluted than cities like Raipur (Chhattisgarh capital), Indore (MP) and Bangalore (Karnataka). Even, the air of India’s commercial capital Mumbai looks better than the silver city and Odisha’s commercial city Cuttack […]

Angul: Financially paralysed, the family members of a two-month-old baby who is suffering from a severe hydrocephalus disease are now anxiously awaiting government help. For Basudev Mishra and Rupa Das of Hakimpara area in Angul district, happiness knew no bounds when they welcomed a baby girl two months ago whom they named Vaishnavi. But their joy was […]

Angul: Within hours after a report was telecast on OTV, the Angul district administration extended support to the family of the two-month-old baby who is suffering from hydrocephalus (a brain related disease) condition. While the local administrative officials handed over a cheque worth Rs 10,000 to the family, the district collector has ordered the Chief […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha has recorded more severe anaemia cases this year, the State could utilise only around 39 per cent of fund approved and released to Odisha under the State programme implementation plan (SPIP) since 2016-17. As per data released by Union Health Ministry, during the last four fiscal years (2017-17 to 2019-20), Odisha […]