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Why A Leafless Banyan Tree Has Got People Worried In Odisha?

Why A Leafless Banyan Tree Has Got People Worried In Odisha?

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  • Tuesday, 27 September 2022
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School Operates From Shiva Temple In Odisha

Schools are often regarded as ‘temple of learning.’ But there is a school in Odisha which literally runs from inside a temple complex. Lack of own infrastructure is to be blamed for the students being forced to study on the temple premises. Such has been situation of the primary school at Murkundi Dassahi in Salepur block of Cuttack district

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  • Saturday, 27 August 2022
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Cuttack women farmers strike gold with organic farming

Women members of Biseswar Self Help Group of Budukunia village under Mahanga block have exemplified how using vermicompost and organic manure can work wonders for crops in agriculture. 

  • Monday, 16 May 2022
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2 killed, over 70 persons injured in separate road mishaps

Salepur: At least two persons were killed and as many as 72 persons including women and children injured in separate road mishaps in the State today. A bus carrying 65 picnickers overturned after colliding with a Hyva truck near Kamarapada in Salepur this morning. Out of the 20 injured, five are stated to be critical […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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4 killed, more than 30 injured in separate road mishaps in Odisha

Sundergarh: As many as four persons killed while more than 30 injured in separate road mishaps in different parts across Odisha on Thursday. A car carrying five persons rammed into a truck from behind near Anantpur under Salepur block in Cuttack district, killing three including a woman on the spot. Another person succumbed while undergoing […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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12-hr bandh in Salepur over administrative negligence in road construction

Cuttack: Several organisations in Salepur area of Cuttack district today resorted to dawn-to-dusk bandh pressing construction of the Cuttack-Chandbali road. Vehicular movement was affected while businesses and educational institutions were also hit as protesters staged pickets at several spots. Protesters alleged that despite regular demands for widening and renovation of road from Kuanpala Bus stand […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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Acres of land submerged as portion of Pattamundai canal embankment collapses

Kendrapara: Several acres of agricultural land were submerged after a major portion of embankment of Pattamundai main canal collapsed near Gopinathpur Sasansahi in Salepur today. A 30-feet wide breach was formed due to the erosion of the embankment which reportedly caused the inundation in several low lying areas in the region. The canal is considered […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Man killed, grandson injured in cracker explosion in Cuttack

Cuttack: An elderly man was killed while his grandson was critically injured in a cracker explosion inside their house at Boila village under Kishorenagar police limits of Cuttack today. According to sources, the explosion took place while Debendra Samal (55) was making crackers and his 7-year-old grandson Sambit Samal was playing nearby.  Soon, the duo […]

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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Ruins of ancient temple unearthed in Salepur

Salepur: Ruins of an ancient temple, believed to be of eighth or ninth century, have been discovered by locals at Lunahara village in Salepur of Cuttack district. Several idols of gods and goddess and remains of the temple were unearthed during excavation work of a pond that was going on at Lunahara village yesterday.The digging […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Salepur minor girl rape & death: Police files charge-sheet in POCSO court

Cuttack: Twelve days after the death of the Salepur minor girl, who was raped; Police today filed the charge-sheet in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Court in Cuttack. According to sources, the charge-sheet has been prepared under Sections 376 (A), 376 (B), 302, 363 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 6 of […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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CM condoles Salepur rape victim's death; assures stringent punishment

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today condoled the death of the 6-year-old Salepur rape victim in the Odisha Assembly today and announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for the kin of the deceased. Patnaik also stated that the accused was arrested within 24 hours of the incident and he will be strongly punished. “I feel the […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Salepur rape victim breathes her last

Cuttack: The six-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and strangulated in Salepur of Cuttack district on April 21, today breathed her last while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital, informed the Medical Superintendent Shyama Kanungo. The minor girl was under ventilator and being treated by a team of 13 doctors. SCB emergency officer, […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Minor girl rescued in unconscious state, rape suspected

Cuttack: A six-year-old minor girl is now battling for life after she was rescued in an unconscious state from the veranda of a school at Salepur in the district here on Saturday evening. The family members alleged that the girl was raped and an attempt was also made to kill her as blood was oozing […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Thieves caught red-handed in Salepur; beaten up mercilessly

Cuttack: Two thieves were allegedly beaten black and blue by the villagers in Naiguan under Salepur block of Cuttack district after being caught red-handed while stealing from a house here on Saturday. As per the sources, the incident occurred at around 11am this morning when the two accused allegedly broke open the lock of one […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Sherbet seller arrested as over hundred fall sick in Salepur

Salepur: Following hospitalisation of 182 persons after consuming sherbet during the Maha Shivaratri celebrations in Salepur of Cuttack district, the sherbet seller was arrested on Thursday. Salepur police arrested the sherbet seller Prabhakar Rout from Dhenkanal railway station. As per reports, villagers of Raisunguda in Salepur Tehsil were taken ill on Wednesday night after consuming […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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