Tag: Drowning

Rayagada: Two young women drown in Nagavali river after falling off a hanging bridge while posing for a selfie in Rayagada district today. According to sources, the two women slipped from the hanging bridge while taking a selfie and fell into the Nagavali river. The two are identified to be the residents of Andhra Pradesh. […]

Cuttack: Two students went missing while taking a bath in Mahanadi river near Dhabaleswar ghat under Bidanasi police limits on Saturday. The incident occurred at around 10 am when three students from CDA had come to the ghat for taking bath in the river. Two students—Subhankar Panda and Pritam Sethi drowned after they slipped and […]

Ghatgaon: Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Paidapatna village under Ghatgaon police limits in Keonjhar last night. The deceased, identified as Bijuli Munda and Rani Munda of the village, aged 3 and 4 respectively, had gone missing since last evening. Family members searched the girls frantically and later bodies of the duo were […]

Rourkela: A minor boy drowned while one more boy went missing while taking bath in the Brahmani river near Panposh today. The deceased has been identified as Pradyut Barik, a resident of the Chhend colony. The incident occurred when four minor boys went to the river to take bath. Suddenly, the river water current swept […]

Puri: In a saddening incident, one of the three students of a Bhubaneswar-based private engineering college drowned today in sea while another went missing near the Mangala river mouth in Puri. The third one was rescued by locals. The mishap took place when the three students, who had gone to the spot for a picnic, […]

Puri: Two tourists had a narrow escape today when they were pulled in by a wave here at Puri sea beach. They were saved by lifeguards. While taking bath, a high wave dragged the two tourists to the sea. The life guards on duty, being informed immediately went on rescue operation. The tourists were safely […]

Sambalpur: In a tragic incident, three persons, including two brothers drowned while taking bath in the Hirakud dam here today. The deceased were identified as Sushant Mishra and brothers Hitesh and Asit, sons of Kishore Hota. The incident occurred near Jhankaani temple on the lower catchment of the Hirakud dam, where Kishore, a teacher by […]

Baripada: In a tragic incident, two sisters drowned in a pond at Durgapur village under Baisinga police limits in Mayurbhanj district today. According to sources, both the girls had been to the pond to take a bath but drowned there. Both were minors. Locals looked into the pond when both girls did not return for few hours. […]

Jagatsinghpur: In a tragic incident, two youths drowned while taking bath in Mahanadi river near Tarapur Tarini temple in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday evening. A fire brigade team rushed to the spot and launched a search operation last night. Though the deadbody of one of them was recovered from the river today, efforts are on […]

Bhubaneswar: Want to relish the warmth of nature by dipping into swirling beach in Puri. Do it with adequate safety cover as sea-bath at abode of Lord Jagannath is no more a safe option. As per Odisha’s government’s own admission, sea-bath tragedies have shot up in Pilgrim Township in the past years leading researchers to […]

Paradip: Tragedy struck at the posh officers’ club of Paradip Port Trust after a 12 -year-old girl met watery grave at the swimming poll of the club. The victim has been identified as Aparna Priyadarsahi, a class six student of a local school. Ironically the mishap took place when she was learning swimming in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Tragedy struck Holi celebrations in Odisha as at least four persons were killed in various incidents of drowning across the State on Monday, official said. All the victims were either minors or youngsters who had gone to water bodies to take bath after playing Holi. In Kendrapara, two boys drowned in a pond at […]

Astaranga: An engineering student drowned in sea today near Jahania in Astaranga area. The deceased have been identified as Alok Jena from Sambalpur. Also Read:  Woman arrested for drowning daughters to death According to sources, Alok was a B-Tech student studying in a Bhubaneswar-based engineering college.

Rayagada: Iranian citizen Nargis K. Asthari, who is the chief of Prison Foundation in Rayagada was sentenced to 1 year jail term and Rs 3 lakh fine by the SDJM court in connection with the drowning of a minor in November 2014. Notably, in November 2014, the officials of the foundation had gone for a […]

Kendrapara/Balasore: As many as 5 children were killed in separate mishaps across the State while sailing paper boats as a part of the Kartik Purnima celebrations. Rabindra Jena of Baunsaadia village under Kharasahapur Panchayat in Bahanaga block of Balasore district drowned in a pond while sailing paper boats. He was rescued by his parents and […]