Bhubaneswar: After registering a deficient rainfall of around 34 per cent during the month of June, the coming month (July) will be a wet one for Odisha. As per the rainfall data till date with the IMD, the first week of the month of June saw good rainfall. But the 2nd and 3rd week of […]
Bhubaneswar: An exchange of fire between the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch and mining mafia broke out near LIC field in Khurda district on late Saturday night. As per reports, a special team of STF raided the spot after getting information about the presence of a particular group involved in illegal mining and […]
Khurda: Two unidentified bike-borne miscreants allegedly looted Rs 1.89 lakh from a woman, an employee of a private finance company, at gunpoint near Badasankha under Banpur Police limits in Khurda district on Sunday. According to reports, the two miscreants followed the employee, Babita Patra, while she was returning to Balugaon from Kumaranga village after collecting […]
Khurda: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch detained a kingpin of stone mining mafia from Bolagarh area late last night. Later, the accused, Nitu Mansingh, was handed over to Khurda police for further investigation. Acting on a tip-off, the STF intercepted a vehicle in Bolagarh area and caught hold of Mansingh against […]
Bhubaneswar: Here is good news for Odisha! When the State’s rainfall deficit has inched up again to 21 per cent as on Sunday from 14 per cent on Wednesday, weather models show brewing up of a Monsoon low along the Odisha coast by around 17-18 July. The models suggest under its influence Odisha will receive […]
Khurda: The Khurda district administration today carried out demolishment of the house of mining mafia leader and mastermind of brown sugar trade, Subhranshu Parida alias Chhota. It is alleged that the house was built illegally on government land in Gurujang area. In presence of the District Magistrate and four platoons of police, the administration engaged […]
Bhubaneswar: With more shine and less rain, the month of July holds little hope of normal rainfall for Odisha. However, weather models predict good rainfall in the State during the first week of August. The numerical model of IMD predicts rainfall in Odisha from July 26 to August 8. IMD predicts 18-35mm/day during the period. […]
Khurda: The Sadar Police raided several places in Khurda and seized as many as 14 trucks engaged in illegal quarrying of stone in last two days. According to sources, complaints on illegal mining and transportation of stone minerals from different hills in Tapang, Kaipadar and Dadhimachhagadia areas of the district were reported before the police. […]
Bhubaneswar: Even though the Odisha government has claimed that there is no threat of flood in the State after the water level in Mahanadi river and its distributaries receded, many areas in Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts are still waterlogged. After a sudden increase in the water level of Rajua river yesterday evening, most […]
Bhubaneswar: After a brief dry period for the coming two days, Odisha will be witnessing another spell of heavy rainfall on August 22 and 23, courtesy the likely formation of a low pressure area in the south Bay of Bengal (BoB). A study of the weather models of IMD, Skymet and INCOIS shows development of […]
Khurda: A woman died after falling off a motorcycle in a snatching incident near Naval Police Outpost area in Balugaon area of Khurda district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Manjulata Mohanty, a resident of Chikili village in Khallikot block of Ganjam district. As per reports, Mohanty was travelling along with her relative […]
Bhubaneswar/Khurda: Two dreaded criminals were nabbed following separate police encounters in Bhubaneswar and Khurda late last night. The Commissionerate Police arrested notorious criminal Sushant Majhi after an encounter in K7 area at Kalinga Nagar in the capital city. Majhi was wanted in several cases of murder and loot in the State. He was also reportedly […]
Bhubaneswar: Highlighting irregularities in allotment of houses of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) houses in Begunia block of Khurda district, BJP Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi has written a letter to Odisha Panchayati Raj Minister, seeking his intervention for impartial investigation into the case. “Eligible applicants (of the area) have been intentionally deleted from the approved […]
Khurda: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted a cigarette-laden truck at gunpoint near Ugratara chhak under Tangi Police limits in Khurda district late last night. As per reports, the truck was en-route to Kolkata from Hyderabad when a group of armed miscreants waylaid the vehicle and brandished gun at the driver. They later tied the hands and […]
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has announced to run special trains on 12/11/2019 (Tuesday) for ensuring easy conveyance and clearing extra rush of passengers on Kartik Purnima in Puri. Train no- 06843, a special passenger train will run from Puri to Palasa on the occasion. The train will leave Puri at 2 PM. Similarly, the […]
Khurda: “Raha raha khyane baspiya shakata dekhibi Chilika charu chitra pata,” these lines by Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das were inspired by the serene beauty of Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon which amplifies many folds by the foreign migratory birds every winter. And with the onset of wintry weather in this part of the country, exotic winged […]
Bhubaneswar: Extensive security arrangements have been made in Bhubaneswar and Khurda in view of President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Odisha tomorrow. Reviewing the security measures, interim Director General of Police Satyajit Mohanty on Thursday said, “As many as 30 platoons of police force have been deployed for the President’s visit. During the event, focus […]
Khurda: The Forest officials on Saturday arrested two poachers from Chilka Lake area and recovered carcasses of 57 migratory birds from their possession. However, five others managed to escape during the raid by forest department officials. As per reports, the forest officials also rescued three live birds from the two poachers. Based on allegations of […]
Bhubaneswar: As many as five children working as labourers were rescued by the officials of Bhubaneswar Childline from Balipatana area of Khurda district on Saturday. Sources said all the children hail from Samastipur district of Bihar and were engaged as labourers to sell ‘Pani Puri’ in different places in Balipatana area. Acting on a tip-off, […]
Khurda: A paediatrician was shot at by a miscreant at his clinic today evening in Khurda district. The doctor Manas Das and a medicine shop employee who received critical injuries during the firing incident, have been shifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar. As per reports, the miscreant fired three rounds of bullet after entering the […]