Tag: Cuttack

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) today to complete the repair work of the Jay-Vijay Dwar of Puri Srimandir by May 31. According to sources, the ASI had sought 1 month time from the court to finish the repair work. In a bid to ensure hassle-free darshan by […]

  Cuttack: More than a hundred workers of a beverage plant in Jagatpur area of Cuttack staged protest in front of the plant on Tuesday demanding permanent employment. According to sources, the protest was launched by the workers after the company started recruiting new people without providing permanent employment to existing workers. To resolve the […]

Cuttack: The carcass of a female elephant calf was found floating in a pond in Chhanchunia village under Badamba forest range in Cuttack district on Tuesday. Locals spotted the body of the elephant and immediately informed the forest officials. Soon after, the forest personnel rushed to the spot and fished out the dead calf from […]

Cuttack: Barely a year after Dana Majhi incident, another man reportedly carried his dead mother on shoulders after failing to get a Mahaparayana vehicle on time. As per reports, Khirod Mallick of Paiguan village in Tangi block of Cuttack had admitted his ailing mother to Tangi hospital where she died on Monday night 8 pm. […]

Cuttack: A cancer patient allegedly hanged himself to death in a private nursing home at Ranihaat here today. The deceased has been identified as Rangadhar Baiti of Tihidi in Bhadrak district. Rangadhar, a driver by profession, had been undergoing treatment for cancer for a long time, informed the hospital staff who found him hanging from […]

Cuttack: A youth sustained severe injuries after he allegedly slit his own throat over a family feud in Patapol area under Cantonment police limits of Cuttack district on Tuesday. As per sources, the youth, identified as Srichandi, slit his throat with a knife in a bid to commit suicide. Critical, Srichandi was rescued and rushed […]

Cuttack: Tension prevailed following a scuffle between police and locals at Govindpur area in Cuttack on Friday. A police team was reportedly manhandled by agitating locals, who were staging a demonstration over a youth’s murder. According to reports, the deceased Kandura Bhoi of Kajalpur village was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants late on Thursday […]

Cuttack: A trip to Dhalabewar or even to Choudwar and Dhenkanal from Cuttack will now be a smooth ride as Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the much awaited ‘Madhusudan Setu’ on Mahanadi river on Sunday. Patnaik dedicated the newly built bridge named after Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das, the architect of modern Odisha to the […]

Bhubaneswar: A pall of gloom descended upon Talabasta village in Banki after body of the newborn boy, who was earlier snatched by a monkey from his parents, was recovered from a well on Sunday. According to reports, a few locals had spotted the body of the 16-day-old newborn floating in the well when they had […]

Cuttack: Panic gripped locals after a monkey snatched a newborn boy from his parents who were sleeping inside their house at Talabasta village in Banki block of Cuttack district on Saturday Sources said, the 16-day-old child was lifted by a monkey while he was sleeping with his parents on a cot. The incident occurred in […]

Cuttack: Busting a major ganja smuggling racket, police arrested three persons and seized 16 kgs of ganja from their possession near Kandarpur here last night. The accused have been identified as Manoj Hota of Cuttack and Surya Madhab Keshari Balabantaray and Badal Jena of Jagatsinghpur district. Acting on a tip-off about transportation of the contraband […]

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave conditions intensified across Odisha with seven places recording temperature above 40 degrees Celsius today. Titlagarh was the hottest place in Odisha with a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius. Similarly, Bolangir recorded temperature of 41 degrees Celsius, Angul 40.7, Sonepur 40.6, Talcher 40.2, Jharsuguda 40.1 and Malkangiri 40 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, twin […]

Cuttack: Keeping with the tradition, the first log to be used in construction of the chariots for the famous Puri Rath Yatra was sliced on the occasion of Ram Navami at the Government Saw Mill at Khapuria in Cuttack today. Considered auspicious, Ram Navami, marks the beginning of the process of slicing the timber which […]

Cuttack: In a shocking incident, a man was beaten to death by his wife at Ramachandi village in Baanra of Cuttack district reportedly over a family feud. The deceased has been identified as Ganjendra Sahu. Sources said the accused Kunkuma Sahu tied her husband and later beat him to death. On receiving information, police reached […]

Cuttack: Continuing its crackdown against illegal drugs trade, the Excise flying squad on Monday seized nearly 80 grams of brown sugar following a raid in Cuttack. Acting on a tip-off, a team of excise sleuths had raided Machuabazar area and seized the contraband worth nearly Rs 8 lakh from a house. Two persons- Manoj Kahali […]