Tag: Rescued

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after a minor girl from Odisha was rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) in Rajasthan, another minor girl has been rescued from the northern State. With the help of Rajasthan Police, Sambalpur Police has rescued the girl. As per the complaint, on February 8, a man from Tarbha area of Sonepur […]

Sambalpur: One girl went missing and five others were rescued after being swept away by water on the banks of Mahanadi river in Sambalpur on Sunday. As per reports, while taking bath a girl slipped and fell into the river following which some other girls present near the spot attempted to rescue her but they […]

Mayurbhanj: A newborn girl was found abandoned in Singada Jungle under Raruan Police limits in Mayurbhanj district. According to reports, some villagers of the village nearby the forest heard a baby crying and found her lying in the jungle. They rescued the baby and admitted her to Karanjia sub-divisional hospital for treatment. Doctors at the […]

Bhubaneswar: Two youths and an equal number of goats were stuck on a rocky island in the middle of the Budhabalanga river for over an hour following sudden rise in the water level near Bangiriposi college gate in Baripada, Monday. Locals said at around noon the water level rose dramatically in the Budhabalanga river. The […]

Cuttack: Members of an animal welfare trust rescued an emaciated camel, abandoned by its owner, from Link Road, Cuttack on Wednesday and shifted it to a veterinary hospital for treatment. The animal, which used to entertain people in tourists places and fairs, was abandoned to his fate. Due to old age and ailing condition it […]

Cuttack: A toddler-boy, allegedly sold off by his poverty-stricken parents at Asureswar Pachayat in Salipur of Cuttack district, was rescued by Nischintakoili police on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, District Child Protection Unit authorities took the help of local police and traced the baby from the house of a distant relative at Sridharpur village […]

Bolangir: An eleven-foot-long Indian rock python was rescued from PR High School premises in Bolangir town on Tuesday. Locals to their utter dismay spotted the huge reptile coiled in a big tree in front of a temple and immediately called up Bolangir Snake Helpline officials. However the reptile did not harm anyone. Soon after, Snake […]

Sambalpur: An elephant calf was rescued in a joint operation by the forest and the fire department after it reportedly fell into a dilapidated well at Badakasibahal in Badabahal forest range in Sambalpur district on Saturday. The baby elephant was part of a herd that strayed into the locality last night. While moving towards a […]

Bolangir: Despite the tall claims of the State government on strict enforcement of laws to curb the trafficking of people to and from Odisha to work as migrant labourers, the illegal activities continue unabated in the district. In another such case, as many as 29 migrant workers including eight children and 11 women were rescued […]

Berhampur: The deserted baby elephant rescued from Sunapur village on the outskirts of the silk city has been shifted to Kapilash rescue centre in Dhenkanal district. “The baby elephant has been shifted with all arrangements and tight security in place. Initially it will be kept in quarantine,” said DFO Amlan Nayak on Thursday. It was […]