Tag: Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been witnessing a steep rise in the instances of wildlife crimes which was again evident after the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch seized a leopard skin at Bolagarh in Khordha district on Wednesday. Though the STF has so far managed to nab a number of poachers and traders of […]

Cuttack: A woman was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law at Uparsahi in Sikharpur area of Cuttack early on Friday morning. The brother of the deceased woman claimed that the murder is the fallout of a property dispute. The Chauliaganj Police which rushed to the spot after receiving the information has detained the man for interrogation. […]

Puri: In an instance of pre-poll violence, a group of BJP workers were allegedly thrashed by rival BJD workers during campaigning for the forthcoming bypoll in Pipli assembly constituency at Raigiripur village on Friday. The village where the alleged incident took place falls under the Pipli police station. According to reports, the incident occurred when […]

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 situation in Odisha continued to remain grim as 461 persons tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, according to the State I & PR Department on Friday. This is the highest single-day spike in the last over two months time. Earlier on Thursday, the State had reported 394 new cases […]

Kendrapara: The mortal remains of Kendrapara resident Prabhat Kumar Barik, who died in Doha, Quatar last month, was brought to Bhubaneswar on Wednesday evening following personal intervention of senior leader and BJP National Vice-President Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda. According to reports, Prabhat was working as a wielding mechanic in a private company in Doha. On March […]

Bhubaneswar: Even after the protracted hullabaloo over paddy procurement came to an end on March 31 in Odisha, hapless farmers are still out on streets in many parts of the State complaining irregularities in the process and demanding the immediate sale of their produce. While millions of tonnes of paddy still lay un-procured due to […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst surge in Covid-19 cases in Odisha, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday issued fresh guidelines for Good Friday to be celebrated tomorrow. Earlier, the State government had stipulated restrictions on celebration of all kinds of religious festivals and functions. The stipulations/restrictions mentioned in the official notification will be applicable fully within the […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after becoming the hottest place in the country with a maximum temperature of 44.2 degree Celsius, Bhubaneswar witnessed a slight drop in the day temperature on Thursday, bringing much-needed relief for the city-dwellers. According to the evening weather bulletin of the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, the capital city recorded 39.8 degree Celsius on […]

Bhubaneswar: An 11-year-old boy narrowly escaped an abduction attempt by some miscreants in the Capital City on March 30 last month. The matter came to the fore after the parents of the minor boy submitted CCTV footage of the kidnapping incident at the Infocity Police Station on Thursday. As per reports, the boy, a resident […]

Nayagarh: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch on Tuesday seized a leopard skin and held two persons in this connection following a raid in Nayagarh area on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, the STF conducted the raid and arrested the accused along with his associate while they were allegedly making a deal to […]

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: If COVID-19 lockdowns and shutdowns hit them hard a few months ago, lack of cold storage is now adding salt to their injuries. A case in point is the distress sale of vegetables, especially tomatoes, in Rourkela where farmers were seen distributing their produce at free of cost to people while being in tears. […]

Cuttack: As many as 13 more persons of a private college in Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) area have tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, 12 students of the same college had tested positive. Following the incident, contact tracing of the infected students was carried out as per the protocols issued by the […]

Balasore: Two youths were thrashed by villagers on suspicion of being child lifters at Rasalpur village under Kamardha Police limits of Balasore district late on Thursday night. As per reports, four youths been identified as residents of Deula area under Bhogarai block came in a car to the village and tried to barge into a […]

Ganjam: A lady sarpanch from the district was disqualified from the post on Thursday for not knowing Odia and submitting a fake cast certificate while filing her nomination form. According to the 1994 Odisha Gram Panchayat Act, a person is ineligible of holding any position in a gram panchayat if he or she does not […]

Nayagarh: Three persons were killed and two other sustained critical injuries after two motorcycles collided with each other near the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) office in Sarankula area of Nayagarh district late on Thursday night. The three deceased have been identified as Krushna Chandra Nayak and Muna Nayak of Jagannathpur area while Shyam Sundar Sethi […]