Tag: Cuttack

Cuttack: Even though three months have passed since Cyclone Fani pummelled Cuttack, the lone LPG crematorium in Khannagar is yet to be made functional. The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has not carried out repair of the crematorium which suffered severe damages during the Cyclone. Denizens of the Millennium City especially poor have been facing difficulties […]

Cuttack: A minor girl has lodged a complaint at the Malgodown police station alleging that an ex-Corporator of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) molested her. As per the complainant, when she had gone to the residence of former CMC Corporator Hemant Behera on Thursday night to collect a certificate, he sexually harassed her. After registering […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though the Odisha government has claimed that there is no threat of flood in the State after the water level in Mahanadi river and its distributaries receded, many areas in Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts are still waterlogged. After a sudden increase in the water level of Rajua river yesterday evening, most […]

Bhubaneswar: A decision on shifting of the separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia from AIIMS New Delhi to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack will be taken within seven days, said Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das today. The Health minister said the State government is ready to provide treatment to the separated conjoined […]

Bhubaneswar: While the overall situation in western and south districts of Odisha is gradually improving, a flood-like situation has cropped up in four coastal districts of the state including Cuttack, Kendrapara, Khurda and Puri districts. The flood-like situation is mainly due to the rise in water level of several tributaries of Mahanadi after the release […]

Cuttack: In a tragic incident, two sisters drowned after accidentally slipping into river while plucking flowers for ‘Khudurukuni Osha’ at Safipur village under Kishannagar Police limits in Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Sujata Das and Suman Das. As per reports, Sujata and Suman along with another girl had gone to […]

Cuttack: A youth, Akshay Behera, hailing from Nischintakoili village of Cuttack district was allegedly tortured and detained by the authorities of his company in Nepal on charges of misappropriating funds. A complaint in this regard was lodged at Nischintakoili Police Station by Behera’s mother, Premalata, on Sunday. The FIR has been lodged against Devdutta Mohanty […]

Cuttack: After the discharge of separated conjoined twins, Jaga and Kalia, from AIIMS Delhi, they will undergo treatment at the Neurosurgery ward of the SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack, informed Bhubanananda Moharana, Emergency Officer of the hospital. Arrangements have been made for the treatment of the separated conjoined twins at a cabin […]

Bhubaneswar: After a brief dry period for the coming two days, Odisha will be witnessing another spell of heavy rainfall on August 22 and 23, courtesy the likely formation of a low pressure area in the south Bay of Bengal (BoB). A study of the weather models of IMD, Skymet and INCOIS shows development of […]

Cuttack: Three personnel of Tangi Police Station were arrested for allegedly robbing a businessman of Rs 1.5 lakh at Nirgundi toll gate during a regular vehicle checking on Wednesday night. As per reports, a havildar and two constables posing as Special Branch members of Commissionerate Police had stopped the businessman’s four-wheeler for checking. Finding Rs […]

Cuttack: The death of a nine-year-old girl soon after she was administered an injection at a nursing home sparked tension at Niali area of Cuttack district on Sunday. Alleging that ‘wrong injection’ was administered, the girl’s family members ransacked property inside the nursing home. As per reports, Seema Nayak, the minor girl from Garada village […]

Bhubaneswar: Acting tough against unauthorised parking, the Twin City Commissionerate Police on Wednesday collected Rs 1,82,800 as fine from as many as 757 motorists on charges of illegal parking in twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Requesting motorists not to park their vehicles on congested roads in the twin cities, the Commissionerate Police took to […]

Cuttack: A day after a newborn died during delivery outside a primary health centre in Athagarh block of Cuttack as it was closed; the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) today recommended the district collector to replace all the existing staff of the concerned hospital. As per reports, a four-member team led by Cuttack CDMO visited […]

Cuttack: The 46th Sub-Junior (U-13) National Basketball Championship kicked off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday. As many as 25 boys teams and 24 girls teams are taking part in the seven-day-long tournament which will conclude on September 9. The Championship played on a league-cum-knock out format has been hosted by […]

Bhubaneswar: Three days after twins Jaga and Kalia returned from AIIMS, New Delhi, doctors at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack said one of them can go to school. Craniopagus twins – Jaga and Kalia who were separated successfully at the AIIMS in New Delhi in 2017, returned to Odisha on Saturday and were immediately […]