Tag: Odisha

Cuttack: Vehicular movement on the Banki-Baideswar main road was disrupted on Wednesday morning after locals staged a road block near Botalama by making a patient sleep in the middle of the road over alleged medical negligence. According to sources, one of the villagers had been admitted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack […]

Rayagada: The Odisha government on Wednesday suspended Gunupur Tehsildar Laxminarayan Sabat with immediate effect in connection with the blast at a stone quarry at Okilaguda. On October 16, a powerful explosion ripped through the quarry, killing three persons, including two women, while six more labourers had sustained critical injuries in the mishap. According to a […]

Cuttack: Notorious gangster Sheikh Hyder, who is serving life imprisonment in connection with murder and other offences, escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on Saturday while undergoing…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has witnessed a steep decline in fatal accident cases in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year. According to a report released by the State Transport Authority (STA) today, road accidents in Odisha declined 30 per cent between January and July, 2020. As per STA data, 5125 accidents […]

Bhubaneswar: State opposition party – BJP on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the chief electoral officer alleging violation of the model code of conduct by the ruling-BJD during campaigning for the upcoming by-polls in Balasore Sadar and Tirtol assembly constituencies. This is reportedly for the third time in a week that the BJP has complained […]

Balasore: With each passing day, Odisha’s three major political parties – BJD, BJP and the Congress seem to be intensifying campaign in the bypoll-bound assembly constituencies of Balasore Sadar and Tirtol. The by-poll battles in both the assembly constituencies are expected to be closely contested ones as candidates are engaged in a fierce campaign. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The well-marked Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts is likely to concentrate into a depression in the next 12 hours and further intensify into a deep depression during the subsequent 24 hours, informed the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar today. […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to decongest the present out-patient department in the East Coast Railway (ECoR) Central Hospital at Mancheswar in Bhubaneswar, a new OPD complex has been provided to facilitate treatment of patients. As per reports, the increase in capacity would facilitate around 150 more patients every day. The new OPD of ECoR Central Hospital […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday asked officials to maintain the momentum of the economic activities in the state while ensuring adherence to the COVID-19 protocol. Patnaik issued this direction to the officials while reviewing the corona situation in the state. He said that livelihood activities and economic progress should not be compromised […]

Bhubaneswar: The sixth day of Navratri also known as Maha Sasthi is being celebrated at various puja pandals across the State with all COVID19 restrictions in place on Thursday. Abiding by all COVID19 protocols, the millennium city of Cuttack will perform the ‘pratishta’ of the idols of Goddess Durga sans the participation of the devotees. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Lokayukta has issued a notice to six persons including a legislator of the ruling-BJD in connection with a complaint filed by an RTI activist wherein serious allegations have been made regarding the destruction of irrigation embankment from Gokarneswar to Budhalinga Majhipada road in Jajpur district during floods that led to inundation of […]

Jajpur: In a tragic incident, one person was killed while 2 others are critically injured in an accident near Mukundabindha area of Jajpur district on Thursday morning. As per reports, a car and a truck had a head–on collision near Mukundabindha village on the NH-16, under Panikoili police limits, early on Thursday morning. In their […]

Kalahandi: In order to contain further spread of the virus, the district administration here has decided to clamp prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in the area to prohibit large public gatherings during the season of Durga Puja and Chhatar Jatra of Maa Manikeswari and related pre and post rituals. The decision was taken […]

Cuttack: As many as 15, 244 students HAVE cleared the matric supplementary 2020 examinations, the results of which were announced by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha on Thursday. Of the total 21, 487 students, who appeared the supplementary examination, not a single student has secured A1 grade this year. As per BSE officials, […]

New Delhi: The well-marked Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts is likely to concentrate into a depression. However, the depression unlikely to develop into cyclone, informed IMD. Director General (DG), India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra informed that the coastal Odisha […]