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Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved establishment of two new medical colleges in Odisha, informed Union Health Minister JP Nadda. Nadda in a letter to Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday stated that his Ministry has approved two schemes of the Odisha Government for establishment of the two new […]

Sambalpur/Baripada: Two elderly persons, including a woman, were trampled to death by an elephant at Makarkenda village in Rairakhol of Sambalpur district on Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Sambhu Bhoi (65) and Daimati Bhoi (70). After getting information about the presence of a herd of elephants in the area, Daimati had gone […]

Mayurbhanj:  An elderly woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Pithabata range at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. The incident took place this morning when the deceased, identified as Nirmala Mohanta of Ahari village, had gone to the forest to pick firewood. When Nirmala did not return home, her family launched […]

Baripada: Pregnant women admitted to Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College here in Mayurbhanj district for delivery had a harrowing time as they were asked to move to other nearby hospitals after being taken to the operation theatre(OT) for C Section delivery. The reason the hospital authorities cited was some technical glitch in the autoclave machine […]

Baripada: Despite hue and cry from several quarters over the recent cases of rape of minor girls within and outside the state, one more incident from Mayurbhanj district Wednesday night has shocked the state once again. According to reports, a minor tribal girl was allegedly raped by an auto driver near Thakurmunda area here last […]

Baripada: Three persons including two employees of a private bank were today arrested for allegedly orchestrating  a loot of Rs 3.4 lakh  at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district. The Doorstep Banking Officer (DBO) of Manatri branch, Bandhan Bank , Sitaram Sahu, on April 5, had lodged a police complaint alleging that an unidentified miscreant looted him […]

Baripada: The audit of Mayurbhanj Central Co-operative Bank has exposed a major loan scam perpetrated by the officials of its Baripada branch. As per the audit report, the branch showed undue favours to various loan defaulters of the bank through one-time settlement (OTS) mechanism. Though loan amounting over Rs 45.5 lakh of eight persons, who […]

Baripada: Protesting non-arrival of ambulance and fire brigade, locals of Kainphulia village carried  body of a youth, who reportedly died after drowning, to Collector’s office on a cot here on Sunday. The deceased youth, Arjun Singh had drowned while taking bath in a dam. As Arjun’s  condition was critical, locals had called up the 108 […]

Baripada: After spearheading a movement for reservations for the Patidar community in Gujarat, Hardik Patel reached Baripada today to support the ongoing fight of the Kudumi Sena who have been demanding Scheduled Tribe status for the Kudumi community here. Hardik addressed thousands of people from Kudumi community, gathered at the Chhau Padia in Baripada of […]

Baripada: In a shocking incident, a tribal man was forced to carry the body of his son in his arms after failing to get a hearse at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Government Medical College and Hospital (MCH) here on Saturday. According to reports, Bajun Soren (57) of Jhinei village had to carry the body of his […]

Bhubaneswar: People across Odisha have already started experiencing heatwave-like conditions from the first week of March with the Capital city Bhubaneswar recording the second highest temperature in the country on Sunday. Besides Bhubaneswar, Angul, Jharsuguda and Baripada were also listed among the 10 hottest places in India. The mercury remained above 37 degree Celsius at […]

Baripada: Tension ran high after a youth died in a road accident near Raghunathpur in Baripada on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Subham Poddar (19). Following the incident, locals staged a demonstration and later ransacked an ambulance for arriving late to the accident spot. According to reports, Subham was travelling with his mother […]

Baripada: A police sub-inspector was arrested by Vigilance sleuths in Baripada today while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. A Vigilance team caught Sachidananda Kishan, the Sub-Inspector of Bariapa Police station under Mayurbhanj district while he was taking bribe, sources said. According to sources, Sachidananda had sought bribe from one accused Biswajeet Sikhar, who was […]

Baripada: In a major breakthrough, Baripada police on Friday arrested Sk Samiluddin, the prime accused, who was running a fake currency racket in the region. Samiluddin, who hails from Balasore, was nabbed basing on an investigation and leads from two students, who were earlier caught circulating fake Rs 2,000 notes in the market on Wednesday. […]

Baripada: Coming down heavily on the BJD-led State government, Odisha in-charge of BJP Arun Singh today said here that the government is knee deep in corruption and people of Mayurbhanj will give a befitting reply to it in next election. At a press meet in Baripada, Singh said women who are spearheading anti-liquor movement in […]