Tag: Odisha

As per the protesting students, the semester examination should have been conducted after 90 days of the course. They expressed their resentment as the dates of the examination have been announced after 55 days only.

As per the popular Hindu belief, by having the darshan of chariot-ridden image of Lord Lingaraj, a devotee gets rid of all the sins.

Over 20 passengers of a bus sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling in met with an accident on NH-55 near Jarapada chhak in Odisha's Angul district on Tuesday.

The bus was carrying nearly 50 passengers and was on its way from Puri to Haldia. Following the mishap, Fire Services personnel and locals rescued the injured. The injured were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack

EOW SP, Dillip Tripathy said, “Fraudsters like Ved Praksh have been tricking people into investing in cryptocurrency. They called people to meetings at hotels and swindled crores of rupees from them in Puri, Bhubaneswar, Bargarh, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda.”

This instruction of the government has come after the IMD, Bhubaneswar, forecast that hot and humid weather conditions and heat wave are likely to continue in many districts during the next five days

Residents are gripped in fear as the day temperature is likely to cross the 40 degree mark today.

By 2.30 pm, Bhubaneswar was the hottest city with 39.6 degrees, but mercury shot up to 40.5 degrees in Paralakemundi in the evening. It became the hottest city in Odisha. 

Youth BJD leader Dhirendra Panigrahi allegedly lost his cool, started muttering abuses at the villagers. He even went to the extent of thrashing a youth. 

The deceased and the injured persons belong to a family. The critically injured were said to be a woman, her mother-in-law and the driver of the car. They were travelling in a car from Goa to Howrah, preliminary reports said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier predicted the rise of mercury in Odisha. The temperature has started to peak again and by 2:30 pm on Sunday, seven cities including Bhubaneswar recorded temperatures more than 37 degrees.   

Apart from Bhubaneswar, 11 places recorded a maximum temperature above 34 degrees by 11:30 am today.

Supporters of sitting BJD MLA Raghunandan Das who have been waiting for the party’s decision, gathered at the legislator's residence in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. They are said to be sceptical of the candidature of the incumbent MLA.

As per the advocate of accused Gopal Das, there have been a lot of differences between both statements of the eyewitness.

Mallick has been placed under suspension with immediate effect for violating the model code of conduct.