In the last three years, the government has penalised as many as 972 jewellery shops in Odisha for cheating customers. As per reports, the State Excise department has collected Rs 16.45 Lakh fine from these 972 shops in last three years for cheating customers while weighing gold jewellery.
Twin city Cuttack-Bhubaneswar is seeing a sudden jump in the number of Covid-19 positive cases. After detection of large number of infections in several private colleges recently, it seems Ravenshaw University is also in the grip of the coronavirus.
Amid rising cases of Covid-19 in Odisha, all of a sudden Nuapada district has become a cause of major concern after 29 people from a village in the district tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday (March 24).
A couple of wild elephants were seen playing in water in Khumkut Dam in Nilagiri of Balasore district.
As COVID19 infections continue to rise, a student from the Kendriya Vidyalaya-I in the capital city of Bhubaneswar has tested positive for the virus.
A wild bear was spotted in the Nilagiri town area of Balasore district on Wednesday night. The bear was spotted being chased by some wild dogs on the road near the sub-collector’s office.
This well-orchestrated theft replicating movie scenes might leave you in a state of shock. Monday (March 1) night, a miscreant allegedly looted cash and ornaments worth over Rs 35 lakh from the house of a local jeweler at Bibiguda colony in Malkangiri town.
The National Rice Research Institute at Cuttack has developed a patent for effective pest management. This patent is used in a device that is first of its kind and will help farmers in tracking & identifying pests.
Moderate rain or thundershower activity is expected over several parts of Odisha in the next few days.
In a major development in the murder of the jewelry shop owner in Bargaon of Sundergarh, Police on Wednesday arrested five persons from Bihar and Jharkhand. The Sundergarh Police cracked the day light robbery and murder of Rohit Verma in Sundergarh district on March 1.
The Similipal biosphere reserve in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha is burning for over 10 days now. Exposing the harsh reality of the situation, when Princess Akshita Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj raised concerns over the wildfire spreading further at the natural habitat.
Mahashivaratri celebrations at Dhabaleswar temple, one of the major Shiva shrines of Odisha.
Watch the Abhishek darshan of Lord Shiva at Mahakal in Ujjain.
The State government has placed Sambalpur Sadar Forest Ranger, Gouri Shankar Dash, under suspension for negligence in protection of elephants during his tenure. Sources said his dereliction of duty was the main cause behind the deaths of as many as 6 jumbos in the district.
The raging wildfires in Similipal might be the reason behind the bizarre weather condition that Odisha's steel city Rourkela has been experiencing for the past one week! This is what a Professor of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela had to say on the thick blanket of smog that continues to prevail in Rourkela since last week.
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