The mass vaccination of dogs started from March 30 Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to send the blood samples of the stray dogs, which have received anti-rabies vaccine, to Veterinary College, Bengaluru, for sero surveillance to find out the quality of antibodies in them.The mass vaccination of dogs started from March 30. Till…
Berhampur: Police on Saturday recovered the charred body of a 24-year-old woman from her residence at Paralakhemundi in Gajapati district.While police suspect she might have self-immolated, no reason was reportedly found for taking such an extreme step. “We have searched her mobile phones and the notebooks but could not find any clues behind the self-immolation,”…
BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra Koraput: BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has urged National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to begun an urgent inquiry into alleged police excesses and violations of tribal rights in Sijimali region of Rayagada district.In a letter addressed to NCST chairperson Antar Singh Arya on Sunday, Patra has urged…
Bhubaneswar: The Day temperature on Sunday crossed the 40-degrees-Celsius mark at six places in western Odisha, with India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a gradual rise in mercury by four to six notches over the next five days.Titlagarh at 41.5 degrees Celsius recorded the day’s highest maximum temperature in the state, followed by Bhawanipatna and Bolangir,…
Rourkela: A young woman of Sundargarh district, who had been trafficked and sold to a 24-year-old youth from Madhya Pradesh three months ago, was rescued by Birmitrapur police on Sunday.On Friday night, a 45-year-old woman lodged an FIR alleging that a woman named Asha Jaypuria took her 20-year-old daughter from their house on Jan 3…
Bhubaneswar: A Ram Leela performance at a village in Puri district turned tragic late Saturday night when a 14-year-old spectator, running in fear after an actor portraying Hanuman leapt into the crowd, was electrocuted after accidentally colliding with an unfenced electric transformer.The victim, identified as Subham Pradhan, a Class VIII student from Parala village in…
Bhubaneswar: Three members of a Danda Nacha troupe were electrocuted and two others critically injured while setting up a stage at Patala village under Balimi police station limits in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. The incident occurred around 7.30pm when iron grids being tied for the stage accidentally came in contact with an 11kV overhead electric…
Koraput: Acting on a tip-off, vigilance sleuths on Sunday recovered Rs 2.33 lakh suspected ill-gotten cash from a forest range officer of Rayagada district. Sukumar Dukhu, posted in Gudari range, was intercepted near Indrabati Bridge in Nabarangpur district while travelling in his official vehicle to his home. “A vigilance team intercepted Dukhu while he was…
Berhampur: Ganjam district administration will next week launch a free auto-ambulance service to ferry pregnant women from remote areas to the nearby health centres, said collector V Keerthi Vasan. The administration has identified 247 villages in 12 blocks to provide the auto-ambulance services.The designated autorickshaws under the initiative, Nirikhyana Sathi, will carry pregnant women to…
Berhampur: A 58-year-old betel leaf farmer was killed in an attack by an unknown person with sharp weapons at Panchama village under Golanthara police station limits in Ganjam district on Sunday. Ekadesi Nahak, a resident of Panchama, died on the spot. Senior police officers, in cluding Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M, along with a forensic…
