Bhubaneswar: To provide world-class quality healthcare in critical areas such as nursing services, maternal and child health, non-communicable disease treatment, nutrition and emergency delivery in Odisha, an MoU was signed on Thursday between Odisha govt and JHPIEGO, an organisation affiliated to Johns Hopkins University.JHPIEGO (Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics) will…
Bhubaneswar: Info Valley police on Thursday detained a 22-year-old engineering student and three of his friends for plotting his own kidnapping and demanding Rs 13 lakh ransom from his family to pay off debts.On Wednesday, the student’s father, a resident of Kalahandi district, lodged a complaint at Info Valley police station, alleging that his son…
Bhubaneswar: Two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers, part of a delegation to Lok Bhavan on a courtesy meeting with governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, were allegedly evicted by the staff and forcibly taken to Capital police station on Thursday. The incident has triggered a backlash with Lok Bhavan ordering a probe.The alleged high-handedness was detailed in…
Tribal women collecting water from a stream Kendrapada: Every morning, 38-year-old Malati Marandi from Balipada village in Jajpur district’s Sukinda block treks over a kilometre to fetch water from a stream to quench the thirst of four members of her family.Like Malati, many women from the tribal-dominated villages of Balipada, Kumada, Ostapal, Sarubil, Talangi and…
Out of 30 planned truck terminals in various districts, 23 are being executed by the police housing corporation Bhubaneswar: The transport department has urged the police housing and welfare corporation to accelerate the construction of truck terminals in the state, apparently voicing concern over the slow pace of work.Out of 30 planned truck terminals in…
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the special session of Parliament scheduled from April 16 to 18 to amend the Constitution for implementation of 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies and increase Lok Sabha seats to 850 from 2029, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday said the move would give a major…
Bhubaneswar: A court in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday sentenced seven men to three years in prison for supplying pre-activated SIM cards and one-time passwords (OTPs) to suspected Pakistani spies.The convicts—hailing from Odisha, Maharashtra, and Assam—were arrested by the crime branch’s special task force (STF) between May and June 2023. They were identified as Pathanisamant Lenka, Saroj…
Veterinary staffer feeds chimpanzee Suraj bottled human milk formula Bhubaneswar: In a rare case of sustained veterinary intervention and neonatal care, Nandankanan Zoological Park here has successfully hand-reared a chimpanzee after the infant was abandoned by its mother, just 20 days after birth.The infant, named Suraj by caregivers, was born on Jan 30, 2025, to…
Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old woman from Nayagarh district, employed with a pharmaceutical company in Bhubaneswar, died allegedly by suicide on Wednesday while on a video call with a man, according to police sources.Her body was found hanging in her rented accommodation in the Unit-III area under Kharavel Nagar police limits. She shared the room with another…
Under the system, the devotees will be accommodated in a separate holding area before being allowed entry into the sanctum Bhubaneswar: Devotees visiting the Jagannath temple in Puri may soon be spared of waiting in queues for hours. The Odisha govt is planning to introduce an online slot booking system to streamline crowd management and…
