Tag: Cuttack

Cuttack: In the absence of power supply, students of Thoria Sahi Girls’ High School in Cuttack district are facing hardship while attending their classes for the last nine months. According to sources, electricity supply to the school was cut on January 15 this year as the authorities allegedly failed to clear the pending power dues […]

Cuttack: Police cracked an alleged robbery case involving Rs 18 lakh in Khuntuni area of Cuttack and claimed that the complainant himself was the mastermind behind the incident. A team of investigating cops arrested the accused, Santosh Kumar Raj, marketing manager of Vimal Pan Masala company and recovered the money from his house. According to […]

Cuttack: A Plus-II student’s life turned upside down after a college he had reportedly been attending for the last two years, suddenly refused to accept him as a student during the 2nd year exams. According to reports, Rakesh, a resident of Raisigunda village under Salepur block in Cuttack district, had taken admissions in the +2 […]

Bhubaneswar: Soaring prices of vegetables across Odisha are burning holes in household budgets. While onions are being sold at Rs 60 per kilogram in Cuttack’s Chhatra Bazaar, consumers have to spend Rs 65-70 in retail markets of Twin City. Situation is no different in Balasore and Berhampur where onion prices have soared significantly following which […]

Cuttack: A girl who went missing & was later rescued by Banki Police today brought serious allegations against the cops alleging that she was raped, but was tortured and pressurized by police to drop the charges. As per reports, the girl was allegedly abducted by five persons and was raped by one of them in […]

Bhubaneswar: The successful craniopagus surgery that separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia who were joined at the head, in 2017 has featured in the 2020 edition of the Limca Book of Records as the first such operation in the country. Led by neurosurgeons Prof Ashok Kumar Mahapatra and Dr Deepak Kumar Gupta, a team of […]

Cuttack: Hundreds of undergraduate students of SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack on Thursday staged demonstration demanding autonomous status for the medical college. Agitating students alleged that as the medical college is under the accreditation of Utkal University, they have been facing several issues including delay in publication of results, getting mark sheet […]

Cuttack: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is the sole force in the world which handles all kinds of disasters including chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, said NDRF DG, SN Pradhan. While speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Cuttack Bali Yatra, Pradhan informed that during the triple disaster in Japan […]

Cuttack: With just few days left for the conclusion of Bali Yatra in Cuttack, as thousands of people thronged the Silver City to dip in festive fervour of the famous open fair on Sunday, unavailability of parking space due to heavy crowd led to chaotic situation at the venue and the main roads. According to […]

Cuttack: After their return from AIIMS New Delhi, health condition of the separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia, who are undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College & Hospital in Cuttack, is improving. The information regarding the same was given by the Head of the Neurology Department at SCB, Dr Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra today. Mishra […]

Cuttack: Many would argue that we live in the realm of selfishness where a helping hand to the helpless is just a drop in an ocean. But an orphanage in Cuttack has set an example which would never make any orphan feel unwanted. A grand wedding is something all parents aspire for their daughters and […]

Cuttack: Cops have arrested son of a retired Additional Superintendent of Police on charges of ramming his car into an auto rickshaw leaving six persons injured including two children. The incident reportedly took place late on Sunday night when the accused Ankit Parida, a resident of Kalyan Nagar area of Cuttack, was driving a four-wheeler […]

Cuttack: Sports administrator and former Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) Secretary, Ashirbad Behera, who was admitted to SCB Medical College & Hospital after his arrest by CBI, was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday a day after his conditional bail was granted. Behera was granted bail by Orissa High Court in Artha Tatwa chit fund scam […]

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 […]

Cuttack: Alleging inaction by the district administration in connection with reported misappropriation in the funds of Athagarh Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Project, many anganwadi workers staged a demonstration outside the office of the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) here on Sunday. According to sources, a District Programme Officer (DPO) named Anjana Mohanty reportedly embezzled […]