Tag: Cuttack

Cuttack: A day after the Head of the Urology Department of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Dr Duteswar Hota was transferred; the agitating junior doctors of the medical college called off their cease-work stir today. President of the association of junior doctors, Rajesh Kumar Sahoo informed mediapersons about the decision that was taken […]

Four children including a girl staying in an abandoned building of a residential school here in the Bidanasi area were rescued by Childline officials. The building of the Godabarish Saint Sanskrit residential school where these children were kept is reportedly in a dilapidated condition. They were reportedly staying in a precarious situation.

Cuttack: One among the four injured in the attack on Labour Minister Susanta Singh’s brother Subrat Singh died while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital here late on Friday night. The deceased identified as Dileswar Sahu was driver of Subrat’s vehicle. He had sustained severe injuries on his head and other parts of […]

Cuttack: Former MLA and father of Cuttack- Barabati legislator Debasish Samantray, Nityananda Samantray passed away today at his Rajabagicha residence in Cuttack. The veteran leader was 86. Soon after his death, supporters and leaders cutting across party lines gathered at his residence to pay their last respects. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed his condolence on […]

Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved two Rural Piped Water Supply Projects worth Rs 360.60 crore for the fluoride-affected villages in Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts. The drinking water projects are expected to benefit over 4.22 lakh people of 473 villages in two blocks (Baramba and Narasinghpur) of Cuttack and three blocks (Balikuda, Nuagaon and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Fire Services on Wednesday served notices to 26 commercial establishments in Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Twin City to comply with prescribed fire safety norms within two months or face action. Twenty six malls, jewellery stores and hotels in the Twin City lack adequate fire safety measures as per the Odisha Fire Safety and Fire Prevention Rules, […]

Cuttack: The carcass of a female elephant calf was recovered from Paikerapur village under Khuntuni forest range in Athagarh of Cuttack on Tuesday morning. Though the exact reason behind the death is still unclear, it is suspected that the elephant calf died of electrocution as electric cables were found near the spot. On getting information, […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of its nationwide crackdown, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted raids on five prominent jewellery showrooms in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in connection with the multi-crore PNB fraud, which is considered to be the biggest ever scam in the banking sector of the country. A team of ED officials raided three jewellery shops […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police today confirmed that a couple from Jajpur who had refused to accept their baby girl alleging that it was swapped at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack last month are the original parents of the girl. The police cited that the DNA report of both the child and the couple […]

Cuttack: The ongoing political rivalry between two groups took a violent turn after a youth was chased and attacked with sharp weapons by his opponents at Sasang village of Gurudijhatia in Athgarh on Monday. The youth Shivaram Rout was attacked by four to five miscreants of the same village, minutes after he had left home […]

Cuttack: After a lull, Jaundice scare has once again gripped the city with fresh cases of the water borne disease being reported from Nuapada and other areas of the town. The civic body has admitted the spread of disease and blamed leakage in water pipelines as the cause of jaundice. “Ten cases of jaundice have […]

Cuttack: Parking spaces leased out by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) are being increasingly encroached upon by fruit stalls, tea vendors and other small businesses. Though the CMC had identified 16 places in the millennium city for vehicle parking and had invited tender, ground reality reveals that all the plans are on pen and paper […]

Salepur: As many as 100 persons were taken ill reportedly after consuming sherbet during the Maha Shivaratri celebrations last night at Raisunguda in Salepur tehsil of Cuttack district. While 40 villagers have been admitted to the Raisunguda hospital, 20 are undergoing treatment at the Mahanga community healthcare centre and 30 others admitted to Salepur hospital. […]

Bhubaneswar: Sending a stern warning to several outfits, Commissionerate Police on Tuesday decided to act tough on such ‘moral policing’ on the occasion of Valentine’s Day to be celebrated by youngsters in the Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Police Commissioner YB Khurania stated that, “Whosoever takes law into hands will be taken to […]

Cuttack: Properties worth lakhs of rupees were damaged after a fire broke out at a garment showroom in Cuttack today. It is for the second time within a month that a fire mishap at such a commercial establishment has been reported from the city. As per reports, the fire broke out at around 12.30 PM […]