Tag: Cuttack

Bhubaneswar: An Art teacher in Cuttack district found himself in a soup after two women walked into a police station on Friday morning, claiming he had wedded them separately though he was previously married. And despite having three wives, the man was living with a fourth woman, they alleged. Following the complaints, the police have […]

Cuttack: At least three persons were killed and three others sustained critical injuries in a tragic road mishap near Bandalo toll gate under Tangi police limits in Cuttack district in the wee hours of Saturday. The ambulance carrying five persons from Midnapore in West Bengal was reportedly on its way to SCB Medical College and […]

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants on Saturday looted Rs 1.5 lakh from a customer inside Canara bank premises at Godibandha area under Kanpur police limits of Cuttack district. As per reports, two masked men entered the bank premises and looted a bag containing cash from the customer who had reportedly come to the branch to deposit the […]

Cuttack: A major fire broke out in a farmhouse near a petrol pump under the Sadar police limits in Cuttack district on Thursday morning triggering panic and fear among locals and commuters on a busy road in the vicinity. As per reports, the fire broke out at Bamphakuda farmhouse which borders a densely populated locality […]

Cuttack: A girl pursuing Plus II courses in a city college was rescued in a critical condition from her rented accommodation which was allegedly set on fire by some unknown attackers on Thursday. As per preliminary reports, the injured girl was found with her hands and legs tied up when she was rescued in a […]

Cuttack: Averting a major mishap, the fire fighters of Adaspur rescued a four-year-old boy from a mobile tower after a grueling operation that lasted for nearly an hour on Monday. As per reports, a cellular tower located at Patasundarpur village under Cuttack’s Kantapada block turned to be the centre of attention for hundreds of locals […]

Bhubaneswar: A dense fog engulfed the Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on Wednesday morning reducing the visibility in both the cities. Traffic and vehicular movement were severely affected on the roads and national highways in the twin city as visibility reduced below 30-40 metre. The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday had predicted […]

Bhubaneswar: Many parts of Odisha experienced a little respite from the scorching heat on Wednesday. A number of places where the mercury level crossed or approached nearly 40 degree Celsius came down slightly by two to three degrees. Sundargarh, Malkangiri and Rayagada turned out to be the hottest places in the state recording 38.8 degree […]

Bhubaneswar: To mark the 105th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister and legendary statesman from Odisha, the late Biju Patnaik,  the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) took out a mass cycle rally from Cuttack to the Capital City this morning. Several members of the Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) and Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) took […]

Cuttack/Bhadrak/Puri: In the wake of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the Maha Shivaratri (Jagara Jatra) on March 11 will be observed without public participation at many Shiva shrines across Odisha. The Cuttack district administration has decided to impose prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC around the famous Dhabaleswar Temple in Athagarh area to […]

Cuttack: The Bharatiya Bikash Parishad, a social outfit on Tuesday filed a PIL in the Orissa High Court seeking appropriate measures to contain and douse the wildfire in Similipal biosphere reserve and other forests across the State even as the Odisha government claimed to have contained the blaze in the national park. The PIL comes […]

Cuttack: Three temples were razed during the eviction drive for the beautification and expansion of the SCB Medical College and Hospital in the millennium city which is jointly carried out by the district administration and Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), on Friday. All roadside shops along the Pilgrim Road on the west of the Ravenshaw University […]

Cuttack: Commissionerate Police on Sunday arrested two persons including a broker on the charges of looting a gold bar worth Rs 36 lakhs from a Balasore based jeweller in Cuttack city. The arrestees have been identified as Rajkishore Sahu and Jitendra Sahu of Jajpur district. As per reports, the accused duo had contacted the Balasore […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested six middlemen including four ambulance drivers on the charges of influencing and taking patients from SCB Medical College and Hospital to various other private clinics and hospitals in Cuttack. All the six accused were arrested after a special drive launched by Mangalabag Police, informed DCP Prateek Singh. Cuttack: […]

Cuttack: A woman was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law at Uparsahi in Sikharpur area of Cuttack early on Friday morning. The brother of the deceased woman claimed that the murder is the fallout of a property dispute. The Chauliaganj Police which rushed to the spot after receiving the information has detained the man for interrogation. […]