The Centre on Monday allowed conducting post-mortem after sunset in hospitals with adequate infrastructure, except in cases of homicide, suicide, rape and decomposed bodies.
Khurda: A female elephant that was found dead in Malipada area of Khordha forest range was pregnant, revealed the post-mortem report. A team of doctors from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) confirmed the pregnancy after conducting the post-mortem today. The team also took out the still-born calf from the body of the elephant. […]
Balasore: A comedian of a jatra troupe was allegedly killed in Bhogarai area in Balasore district late last night. Family members of the deceased, identified as Trilochana Ranjit of Kati Sahi under Baliapal police limits, have lodged a police complaint alleging that the actor was murdered and his body was dumped in Bhogarai market. As […]
Sundergarh: The bodies of two girls, one reportedly from Odisha were found hanging from a tree near Biruamu in Simdega district of neighboring Jharkhand today. One of the deceased has been identified as a native of Biramitrapur area in Odisha’s Sundergarh district while the other is a local resident. Sources said, the two girls were […]
Bargarh: A young farmer of Podamuda village in the district who had allegedly consumed poison yesterday, lost his life today morning while undergoing treatment at Bargarh hospital. A farmer named Baishnav Bhoi had reportedly borrowed money from local lenders for cultivating 4 acres of land, marriage and carrying out house construction works. But due to […]
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police has registered nearly 1,500 FIRs through its UPCOP mobile app that allows citizens to report some complaints online, without requiring to visit police stations, a senior official said on Thursday. The police department launched the app in January in a bid to fulfil the objective of the Centre’s Digital India […]
Angul: Stoking serious concern over security at government hospitals, eyes from the body of a 4-year-old dead girl were allegedly gouged out at the morgue of Angul District Headquarters hospital yesterday night. As per reports, the minor girl was admitted to the hospital in serious condition last night and had succumbed later, following which her […]
Keonjhar: Tension erupted at Anandpur hospital in Keonjhar district today after postmortem of the groom, who died in a lightning strike on the reception day yesterday, was conducted after 17 long hours. According to reports, lightning struck the marriage reception of one Jitendra Murmu of Tangiriapala village leaving him dead while critically injuring his bride […]
Rayagada: A pall of gloom descended on Matikana village in Rayagada district today after firefighters fished out bodies of two school children from a village pond. The deceased, identified as Sunil Himirika and Aresh Himirika, were students of Class III and Class II respectively. As per reports, after returning from school yesterday, both the children […]
Bhadrak: Palpable tension prevailed at Dolasahi area in Bhadrak after bodies of a minor boy and girl, who were missing since October 3, were recovered under mysterious circumstances from the backyard of a school today. Earlier, family of the deceased girl had filed a missing complaint at Bhadrak Rural police station. Later, basing on the […]
Bhubaneswar: In a new turn of events after the half-burnt body of one Unmay Padhi was recovered in Kuakhai area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Commissionerate Police today revealed that the deceased was not murdered rather he had committed suicide. Such revelation has now put an end to the speculations which were triggered after a […]
Bhubaneswar: In what could possibly allow Commissionerate Police to unravel the mystery behind the death of Jigyansha Mishra, the preliminary post-mortem report on Monday revealed that her death was due to ‘fall from height’ and also cited presence of alcohol in her stomach. It is now presumed that Jigyansha might have died after falling off […]
Banki: No injury marks of monkey attack was found on the body of the 15-day-old baby, said doctor of the Banki hospital Gitanjali Patra who conducted the post mortem today. The newborn’s body was earlier recovered from a well a day after a monkey allegedly snatched him from his parents at Talabasta in Banki. Patra […]
Khurda: In a shocking incident, a widow was forced to pay bribe to get the post mortem report of her son at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Khurda. As per sources, Kataki Bewa, a resident of Mansingpur village in Khurda, had given some prawn, crabs and Rs 8,000 to sweeper Jagu Dalei to get […]
Kalahandi: In yet another shocking incident, a Plus II student of a private college in Bhawanipatna was found hanging in his hostel on Thursday night. The student, identified as Haraprasad Panda, is reportedly a resident of Mukhiguda village in Kalahandi district. As per sources, the boy was reportedly involved in a love affair with a […]
Bolangir: Police today recovered the body of a six-year-old boy from a well in Salepali village under Tusra police station limits. Reports said Dinesh Pradhan, a six-year-old boy of Salepali village had gone missing since February 6. As the family could not trace his whereabouts despite frantic search, Janak Pradhan, father of the boy, had […]
Dhenkanal/Bhubaneswar: Police today arrested Byomokesh Biswal, a jawan of Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) and prime accused in the murder of Salman Rout who succumbed to the bullet injuries in Dhenkanal District Headquarters Hospital last evening after he was shot at during a pre-poll violence in Tarabha village earlier in the day. “We are investigating […]
Berhampur: The post mortem report of Mini Dalabehera, a woman sarpanch candidate for Baghamari panchayat whose half-burnt body was found inside Sagada hill forest under Mohana block in Gajapati district yesterday, has revealed that she was burnt after murder. The post mortem of the deceased was conducted by a team of doctors of Forensic Medicine […]
Anandpur: Two constables were killed in a tragic road accident at Pauchia Chhak near Harichandanpur in Keonjhar district this afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Alokjyoti Das (32) of Sampatna village and Sushant Nayak (26) of Pandapada village. The two deceased constables of Odisha Armed Police Force (OAPF) posted at Keonjhar Reserve Police were […]
Balipatna: The Forest department is all set to take action against the villagers who lynched a stray hyena on the outskirts of the village a week ago on December 27. The department has decided to take action after it received the video footage of the gory and inhuman act. According to reports, people of Ambadihi […]
Bhubaneswar: The much-talked-about death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, took a new turn this evening after the commissionerate police recorded the statement of three friends. According to reports, three friends of Rishi came to the office of the city DCP in the evening where the investigating officer (IO) recorded their statement under […]
Bhubaneswar: Probing into the death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student who died on May 6 this year, the commissionerate police today said they have received the post mortem and the viscera reports of the deceased. “We have received post mortem and the viscera reports of the deceased. We will consult the doctors […]
Dhamra: The body of a Sri Lankan Naval staff was found inside a cargo vessel at Dharma Port today. The deceased has been identified as Priyantha D Silva (53), a resident of Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. According to reports, a Bangladeshi cargo vessel Bedford Castle was on the way to Dharma Port […]
Bhubaneswar: The post mortem of 19 deceased, who lost their lives in SUM hospital fire mishap, confirmed their deaths are due to asphyxiation, said police commissioner YB Khurnia on Saturday. Talking to newsmen, Khurania, said, “We have received the post mortem reports of the 19 deceased from Capital Hospital authorities today.” “The autopsy report confirmed […]
Kamakhyanagar: Two persons were killed when lightning struck them at Haladikundi Chhak in Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal district this morning. Reports said two persons—Chulia Pradhan of Haladikundi village and Nidhi Tisku of Kainya Sahi village of Balikuma panchayat – were out on some work in the morning. While they were on the way, heavy rain came […]
Kandhamal: The police today handed over the bodies of the six persons who were killed in the gun battle between cops and Maoists on Friday night to their family members after conducting post-mortem. The last rites of the six victims, including a child and two women, will be held at their village. The six were […]