Tag: Odisha

Bhubaneswar: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday took stock of the various activities undertaken by the organisation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and held discussions with its leaders on ways to ensure proper rehabilitation for the migrant workers who returned to their native places, sources said. Several issues, including the crisis caused by COVID- 19, were […]

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Vehicular traffic was partially affected in several places of Odisha including Bhubaneswar and Rourkela as the members of central trade unions staged road blockade as part of their 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday. As per reports, members of Odisha Construction Workers’ Union (CITU) and several other organisations blocked road on the national highway near […]

Bargarh: Tension prevailed at Bargarh district headquarters hospital after a pregnant woman died due to alleged medical negligence on Wednesday. According to reports, Rekha Mallik, wife of Manas Mallik, a resident of Katakiapada village was admitted to district headquarters hospital following labour pain. However, Rekha died during the operation. Following her death, family members of […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday made a veiled attack on the State government over the brutal murder of Pari, a five year girl from Naragarh district whose skeletal remains were found 10 days after she went missing from near her house. While talking to reporters today, Pradhan termed the Statement made by the […]

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 fatality count in Odisha surged to 1,704 with the death of 17 more patients in various hospitals in the last 24 hours while the infection tally mounted to 3,16,645 with a single-day spike of 644 cases, informed the State health department on Thursday. As per State Information & Public Relations (I&PR) Department, of […]

Cuttack: A manager in a private gold loan firm was arrested in the middle of his marriage procession by the Crime Branch in connection with IIFL loot in Cuttack, on Thursday. Following his arrest, the Commissionerate Police have seized a large quantity of stolen gold and his interrogation is underway to ferret out more information […]

Phulbani: The last rites of Kalia, one of the separated conjoined twins from Odisha who died while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack last night, were performed at his native Milipada village under Phiringia block in Kandhamal district, on Thursday. Five-year-old Kalia’s cremation was solemnised as per the tribal rituals […]

Cuttack: Continuing its crackdown on various food adulteration units, Commissionerate Police busted a fake ghee and edible oil manufacturing unit at Gabagasta under Sadar police limits in Cuttack late Wednesday night. Acting on a tip off, a special team of Malgodown and Sadar police officials raided a house and seized adulterated ghee, palmolein oil, vegetable […]

Angul: A mentally unstable man of Rangamatia village under Chendipada police limits in Angul set his own house ablaze and then attempted suicide by slitting his throat with a sharp weapon Thursday morning. The bizarre incident took place at around 8 AM this morning. Over reasons unknown, Khakan Behera who reportedly has a history of […]

Malkangiri: A Maoist cadre was shot dead and another sustained injuries during an exchange of fire with security forces in a dense forest in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Thursday, police said. There are no reports of any casualty or injury to police personnel during the firing. Acting on a tip-off, a team of security personnel […]

Bhubaneswar: Mercury continued to drop in Odisha with the minimum temperature plummeting below 15 degree Celsius in at least seven stations of the State on Thursday. Sonepur became the coldest place in the state as the minimum temperature dipped to 12.6 degree, informed the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar. Similarly, the minimum temperature stood at […]

Berhampur: In a major breakthrough, the police in Berhampur busted a notorious looters gang and arrested two persons involved in a series of burglaries, on Thursday. According to sources, police seized 540 gm gold, 100 gm silver, a car, an expensive bike and a scooty from the possession of the accused. Besides, the police arrested […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the present Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday imposed restrictions on sailing of miniature boats in Bindusagar and other river ghats in the State capital city on the occasion of Kartika Purnima on 30th November 2020. The city administration has also imposed restriction on visiting of temples […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department on Thursday released detailed procedure for PG admissions 2020-2021 in which institution-wise selection list will be prepared on the basis of Common PG Entrance Test (CPET) rank. Standard Operating Procedure for PG Admission-2020 – “State level Provisional Merit List” was published at website: www.samsodisha.gov.in for public view on 21-1-2020. […]

Puri: In a once in human-generation spectacle, Friday morning Lord Jagannath and sibling deity Lord Balabhadra were adorned with the Nagarjuna Besha attire, which is a military general form, after a hiatus of 26 years. This time, however, rituals were performed only in presence of servitors and temple officials due to Covid-induced restrictions. Such rare […]