Tag: Rescued

Bhubaneswar: Debasish Pradhan, an employee had a harrowing experience after he got stuck in an elevator at Odisha Assembly here on Friday evening. Pradhan was trapped due to a reported malfunctioning of the elevator at around 5 pm today. He was stuck on the first floor for over an hour, sources said. Following the incident, […]

Keonjhar: In a shocking incident, a three-year-old boy was rescued from a house in Nuapatra sahi slum in Anandpur where he was found with his legs and hands tied. It is alleged that the boy was allegedly locked up by his parents and rescued by Childline officials basing on a complaint filed by a few […]

Puri: Three child labouers were rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) from Puri railway station while being taken to Bhubaneswar to work in a construction company. According to sources, the rescued kids were brought from their hometown Malda of West Bengal in Howrah-Puri Dhauli express. The RPF also arrested four middle men accompanying the […]

Kendrapara: Panic gripped Kendrapara sub-jail and government quarters after 12 poisonous snakes were recovered from there on Wednesday. According to sources, the snake helpline members rescued cobras and Indian kraits from different wards of the sub-jail. Also read: 18-ft long king cobra rescued from Similipal village It is suspected that there are more poisonous snakes […]

Cuttack: An eight-foot-long python was rescued from Malgodown police station here on Friday morning. According to sources, some police officials found the reptile lying in the premises of the police station and informed about it to snake helpline members. Snake helpline member Subhendu Mallick reached the police station and rescued the python.

Baripada: Town police on Saturday night rescued 20 minor girls while they were being taken away to Kolkata by a bus. From primary investigation, it was found that the rescued girls are residents of Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Puri districts, sources in police said. The girls were going to the neighbouring state to work in a […]

Nayagarh: A 14-feet-long King Cobra was rescued from a well at Pathara village in Odagaon in the district by a team of forest officials and People for Animal (PFA) on Thursday morning. According to sources, some villagers found the longest venomous reptile in an abandoned well near a piece of agricultural land and informed forest […]

Puri: Forest officials on Saturday rescued two endangered giant squirrels from Balinolia Sahi here. According to sources, officials of Khurda forest range and Puri forest range jointly rescued the caged endangered species. Subhendu Mallick, warden of Puri forest range, said, “The two rescued giant squirrels will be sent to Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar. Necessary […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Friday rescued the minor girl from Keonjhar abducted from Bargarh area here four days ago. The girl has now been reunited with her parents. According to sources, the police has also detained the couple who abducted the minor girl and is interrogating them. “We rescued her (abducted girl) from a rented […]

Mumbai: Four days after he was seriously injured and stranded in a boat race, Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy was rescued on Monday, a Defence Ministry spokesperson said here. Commander Tomy was picked up by a French fishing vessel Osiris, which had responded to an SOS from a massive joint operation launched by […]

Agartala: A group of 18 girls who were rescued by the Bihar Police from a Buddhist School and Meditation Centre in Bodh Gaya have reached here, an official said on Saturday. According to the police, the girls, aged between 12 to 14 years, were sent to the school by their parents six months ago. “The […]

Tokyo: Eight persons have been rescued after a US Navy aircraft carrying 11 people aboard crashed off the coast of Japan on Wednesday, the Japanese Defence Ministry said. Rescue operations were being conducted jointly by the US military and the Japanese Self-Defence Forces. Preliminary US military reports indicated that engine failure may have caused the […]

Kendrapara: The Coast Guard today rescued seven fishermen after two trawlers from Odisha and West Bengal collided off Paradip coast, Coast Guard officials said. The trawler from Odisha was damaged due to the collision and the Coast Guard personnel brought it, besides the other vessel, to Paradip. “The vessel (of Odisha) developed crack following the […]

Puri: A scene of utter dread and soothing relief unfolded on Bada Danda in front of Puri Lord Jagannath Temple after a four-year-old girl accidentally stuck her head in the iron barricade installed outside the shrine in the Pilgrim City on Saturday. However, she was rescued after hard-fought efforts from police, fire fighters. According to […]

Baripada: An eight-feet-long python was rescued from a canal at Khuntapal in Mayurbhanj district. According to sources, locals spotted the reptile crawling near the canal on Wednesday evening and alerted the local snake helpline. Officials of the snake helpline rescued the snake and released it in Similpal forest. Earlier on August 9, the snake helpline […]