Tag: Odisha

Jagatsinghpur: An elderly couple reportedly attempted to commit suicide together by consuming pesticide over a trivial issue of family feud at Hashina village under Kujang police limits in Jagatsinghpur district. While the man died, the condition of his wife remained critical. The deceased has been identified as Kalandi Mohanty (84). His wife Sweta Mohanty was […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids at six places associated with Rabindra Nath Pradhan, assistant executive engineer of General Public Health (GPH) division-II, on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to sources, several teams of the anti-corruption agency raided Pradhan’s double- storied building at Nayapalli, an apartment […]

Bhubaneswar: An elderly woman, who was plucking flowers from a tree outside the house of her neighbour, was gagged and robbed of her gold ear-rings by unidentified bike-borne miscreants in the capital city. The incident which occurred early in the morning today has been reported from Kailash Vihar in Sailashree Vihar area here. 70-year-old Santilata […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems Covid-19 cases are declining in Odisha with daily positive count staying below the 2000-mark for the second consecutive day. The State has reported 1904 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the virus tally to 272250 on Tuesday. This apart, 16 patients succumbed to the lethal disease during the period. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha transport department has directed the Commissionerate Police to arrest drunken drivers as per the provisions of MV Act instead of compounding such offences. The direction came in…

Cuttack: Senior Congress leader and former MLA Gurupada Nanda passed away on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here. He was 77. The veteran Congress leader’s son Romeo Nanda confirmed his father’s demise. Meanwhile, people from all walks of life have expressed grief over the demise of Nanda. BJP national Vice President Baijayant […]

Kandhamal: Locals staged a protest against the proposed Eco Retreat Project at Daringbadi in this District on Tuesday alleging that the administration has not consulted with them before deciding to set up the project in the area. They took to the streets when the district administration was conducting a survey at Saringirpi village under Daringbadi […]

Mayurbhanj: In yet another case of man-animal conflict, a woman was allegedly trampled to death by a wild elephant at Rasgovindpur village in the district on Tuesday. As per the reports, the victim had gone out of her home in connection with some work this morning when she was allegedly attacked by an elephant. A […]

Sambalpur: In a tragic incident, a woman and her three-year-old son died after being run over by a speeding truck near Padiabahal area on Sambalpur-Deogarh road on Tuesday. The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained. According to sources, the accident took place when the duo was walking on the road. A truck […]

Rourkela: We knew his passion and discipline in the field of artificial intelligence would earn him a big reward in his career, and that is what exactly has happened – says Head of the Computer Science and Engineering department in NIT, Rourkela after he got to know that one of his ex-students Pranav Khaitan has […]

Bhubaneswar: Seven IEDs, suspected to have been planted by cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit, were defused by security forces in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, a BSF statement said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel launched a combing operation in Swabhimaan Anchal along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border on Monday evening, […]

Baripada: Officials from the forest department on Tuesday seized a leopard skin and detained five persons in connection with the seizure in Mayurbhanj district. As per preliminary reports, all the five accused were picked by the forest department officials near close to Katas village near the NH-49, which falls under the Bisoyi range. It is […]

Sundergarh: At a time when cold storages still remain a distant dream in several parts of the state, farmers in Sundergarh district are now relying extensively on ‘Sabji Cooler’, an innovative vegetable cold storage unit, to preserve their vegetables at much affordable cost. The Sabji Cooler or Zero Cooling Chamber runs without electricity or solar […]

Deogarh: Residents of Pudapada village under Reamal block in Deogarh district on Tuesday gheraoed the office of the Block Education Officer (BEO) opposing the decision of closure of the only school in their village. Thousands of irate villagers joined the protest and submitted a memorandum to the BEO demanding restoration of the school instead of […]

Bhubaneswar: Two senior officials from the Petroleum Ministry on Tuesday visited the petrol pump near Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar and carried out an investigation into the explosion which claimed one life and caused a massive destruction. According to sources, the officials questioned the filling station employees about the mishap. Notably, an underground CNG tank of […]