Tag: Odisha

At Bhubaneswar Railway Station, the Railway Protection Force rescued 117 live turtles being illegally transported on the Utkal Express. Four individuals were arrested, and the turtles were seized under the Wildlife Protection Act.

Senior party leader and former MLA of Kakatpur Surendra Sethi and two-time BJD MLA from Anandapur Bhagirathi Sethy resigned from the party expressing their displeasure over the denial of tickets this time. 

While the town was sizzling at 46 Degrees Celsius, the power supply was allegedly disrupted from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm at the emergency ward of the DHH. 

Railway infrastructure development in Kendrapara is because of whose efforts? The ruling BJD has been strongly criticized for allegedly eyeing to take the credit for railway projects, which were initiated and completed under active supervision of BJP national vice-president and Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate Baijayant Panda in coordination with Central ministers.

BJP leader Balabhadra Majhi said, “This shows the shallow attitude of the BJD. The allegation made against the Home Minister is fictitious. Such allegations based on a doctored video are meant to scare people and to extract votes from them.”

According to official reports, Sundargarh reported the highest number of heat-wave-related illness cases at 60, followed by Mayurbhanj with 50 cases.

For the last eight days, forest fires have been raging in various parts of the eco-sensitive Similipal Sanctuary in the Mayurbhanj district. Amid a severe heat wave, the heat generated by the forest fire has made life miserable for the people living in the areas surrounding Similipal.

Though a new building has been constructed for the school, plasters from the ceiling are falling off due to alleged poor construction work.

The cell will send quarterly reports of such cases and action taken thereon to the Health and Family Welfare department.

IMD has issued Red Warning to Khordha, Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Angul and Cuttack.

Masquerading as policemen, the three had looted jewellery and cash over Rs 3 lakh at two places under Badambadi Police limits. They belong to the infamous 'Irani gang.' Two of them hail from Maharashtra and the other is from Madhya Pradesh.

BJD candidate Jagannath Saraka, BJP candidate Jagannath Nudruka, Congress nominee Nilamadhab Hikaka and Independent candidate Nilamadhab Ulaka are in the fray in the Bissam Cuttack Assembly seat in Rayagada.

The DGP said, "There is provision of airlifting of manpower and material to inaccessible areas. Some booths are inside the Sunabeda sanctuary. Poll parties will be air-dropped there.”

Sarat Mohanty, a resident of Saharda village under Remuna block and Jyotismita, a resident of Chhanapuar exchanged wedding vows. The couple is hard of hearing as well as speaking. Their parents had never thought of finding them a match.

Chandrasekharpur Police seized the cash and started an investigation into the source of the money, its destination and its purpose of use. According to sources, the person in the car failed to furnish satisfactory replies about the source and destination of the money.