Rourkela: Two examinees, the son of an auto driver and another son of a carpenter of a govt-aided school here, have both secured A1 grade and 90% marks in Class X examination of Board Secondary Education, Odisha.Abhirup is the elder son of Dilip Das, an auto driver, who stays with his family in a rented…
Kendrapada: Five members of a wedding party, including four women, were killed and nine seriously injured after a Bolero they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck on NH-53 at Barada Chhack under Jenapur police limits in Jajpur district on Monday morning.Fourteen people were returning to their village after attending a wedding in Keonjhar…
A stray being vaccinated in the city Bhubaneswar: Stray dogs have been vaccinated in 35% of the city’s 67 wards during the drive that has been going on since a month, according to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) anti-rabies vaccination report released on Monday. The drive is targeted to be completed in two more months.In…
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi is all set to lead a three-day, four-city visit to Gujarat starting Tuesday to attract investment in key sectors, govt authorities said.A flagship investors’ roadshow will be held in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, followed by roundtable discussions with top industry leaders and one-on-one meetings to facilitate focused engagements.Speaking ahead of the…
Berhampur: A three-year-old boy from Umerkote in Nabarangpur district has got a new lease of life after doctors at govt-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital here successfully removed a 8cm-long twig lodged in his brain in a four-hour surgery. Om Harijan is currently recovering at the paediatric intensive care unit of the hospital.A team, led…
Berhampur: A three-year-old boy from Umerkote in Nabarangpur district has got a new lease of life after doctors at govt-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital here successfully removed a 8cm-long twig lodged in his brain in a four-hour surgery. Om Harijan is currently recovering at the paediatric intensive care unit of the hospital.A team, led…
Berhampur: The Gajapati district administration has foiled a child marriage in a village under Gumma block in the nick of time on Sunday night following an alert on the toll free Child Helpline (1098) in the second such incident within a week.“After receiving the alert, we formed a team, including police personnel, to rush to…
Berhampur: Acting on a tip-off, police recovered 10 country-made guns from two places in the forest areas of Kandhamal district on Sunday, taking the number of seized arms to 12 in the last three days. While seven country-made firearms have been seized from Ladargaon forest area under Tumudibandha police station limits, three were recovered from…
Bhubaneswar: BJP workers on Monday celebrated the party’s victories in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, dancing, beating traditional instruments and raising slogans at the state party office here. Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi and state BJP president Manmohan Samal joined the ‘Vijay Utsav’.Referring to the West Bengal result, Majhi said the outcome reflects a renewed…
Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Monday declared as “null and void” bail conditions imposed by courts in Odisha requiring accused persons to clean police stations, strongly censuring what it called a “colonial mindset” and “ex facie violation of human rights.”Expressing strong disapproval, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, while initiating…
