The West Asia conflict has triggered an LPG crisis Bhubaneswar: Odisha police have urged citizens to remain vigilant against cyber fraudsters out to exploit public anxiety over the ongoing LPG cylinder crisis, stemming from the West Asia war.Officials warned that scammers are circulating suspicious links and making fraudulent calls, posing as gas agency representatives, to…
Keonjhar: Forest personnel on Monday raided Poipani forest near Kumulabahali village in Patna range and seized the carcass of a wild boar. One person, Birbal Mahanat (47) of Poipani village in Bhandaripasi, was arrested while allegedly sharing the meat after poaching. Forest officials recovered 1.116 kg meat from the spot.According to forest department sources, Birbal…
Bhubaneswar: Road accidents claimed the lives of 6,483 people in Odisha in 2025, marking a 5.6% increase from 6,142 deaths reported in 2024, according to state police statistics. The number of accidents rose by 3.3%, from 12,375 to 12,782.While 14 districts reported a drop in accidents, nine districts — Angul, Balasore, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi,…
Berhampur: Forest department on Tuesday installed four camera traps after tiger movement was suspected in Kitima village in Gajapati district’s Chandragiri forest range. The animal reportedly killed a cattle in the village located on the vicinity of a forest.Forest officials recovered the carcass of the cow on Tuesday and started an inquiry. “We are closely…
A shopkeeper uses an induction cooker to prepare tea at a stall in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: In what has turned into a battle for survival, hundreds of OMFED parlours and independent tea kiosks across the city have started switching to electric stoves as the ongoing LPG shortage triggered by the West Asia conflict continues to disrupt…
BHUBANESWAR: The early morning fire at the trauma care centre of SCB Medical College and Hospital has left behind an irreparable loss and a haunting question for Krupasindhu Mallick of Bhadrak. His 11-year-old daughter, Kalyani Mallick, admitted to the paediatric ICU on the second floor of the trauma care centre, died hours after the blaze…
Bhubaneswar: Health minister Mukesh Mahaling on Tuesday asserted that the govt had responded to the SCB Medical College and Hospital fire “with full sincerity and compassion”, even as opposition BJD and Congress demanded his resignation and held protests inside the assembly.As soon as proceedings began at 10.30 am, BJD MLAs trooped into the well of…
Paralympic Committee of India and Odisha govt officials with para athletes during a press conference in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday The National Para Athletics Championship is set to be held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from Thursday, with 1,460 para-athletes representing 28 states, along with teams from the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Services Sports…
DGP Y B Khurania in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday Bhubaneswar: Odisha police blocked nearly 40,000 mule accounts used by cyber scammers to funnel illicit funds worth over Rs 500 crore, during a month-long enforcement drive, informed director general of police Y B Khurania on Tuesday.The operation, codenamed Cyber Kavach, ran from Feb 13 to March 12….
Cuttack: In a significant ruling, the Orissa high court has held that creation or bifurcation of a gram panchayat is a matter of policy and lies within the domain of the executive, not something courts can mandate solely on population grounds.A division bench of Justices Krishna Shripad Dixit and Chittaranjan Dash, in a recent judgment,…
