Tag: Odisha News

Tarai had gone to Brahmani river to attend nature's call when a crocodile dragged him into the river and he went missing.

Based on a missing complaint at Malgodown police station, an investigation into the incident was launched. Eventually, Bhagaban’s mutilated body was found along the National Highway at Ghasipura.

On Saturday, the court convicted Gamango in the 28-year-old murder case of his wife, Sashirekha. The court pronounced its judgment after hearing 11 witnesses and going through 15 documents and several circumstantial evidence.

The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Government of India, in its letter to the Chief Secretary, cited a complaint filed by Lok Sabha MP Aparajita Sarangi and Odisha BJP Chief, Manmohan Samal on June 24, 2023.

As per Road and Transport Officer Manas Sahu, the private bus returning from Berhampur carrying a marriage party from Khandadeuli village in the district, doesn’t have the requisite permit and insurance to ply during night. However, the bus had fitness certificate.

Singh also alleged that the State government is hijacking all the schemes initiated by the Union government.

Rs 500 notes stashed in six cartoons have been seized from the house of Prasanta Rout's neighbour during raid at Kanan Vihar in Bhubaneswar.

As per popular belief, one who takes a morsel of ‘Adapa Abhada’ gets virtues of crores of births.

A single-judge bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra ordered that the case be probed under Sections 306/120-B/34 IPC (abetment of suicide) instead of 302/506/201/204 of IPC (murder).

Ahead of the NGT team’s visit, some people were seen on Thursday uprooting the stumps of the axed tress, putting up poles and leveling the ground engaging an earth mover, poking fun at the direction of the NGT which prohibits any type of work on the land. 

Acting on a tip-off, the investigating team from Surat reached G.Udayagiri and with the help of G. Udayagiri police arrested Sabita. 

Locals alleged despite informing the officials of Chandaka Forest Division over the phone, nobody showed up to ward off the elephants from residential areas.

The importance of 'Chhera Panhara' lies in the fact that Puri Gajapati Maharaja, who is considered as the first servitor of Lord Jagannath, sweeps the chariots of the three deities parked on the Grand Road near Srimandir with a golden broom. 

At a presser, Odisha PCC President Sarat Pattanayak alleged that both the BJD and BJP are in competition to harass people. One party is protesting power cuts while another is demonstrating over gas prices. Both BJD and BJP are cheating the people of Odisha, he said.

The crocodiles often turn violent and attack people in rivers during this period as it is the breeding season of the reptiles. Several people become the victims of crocodile attacks during this period in Kendrapara every year.