Berhampur: Tibetans settled at Chandragiri in Gajapati district on Tuesday commemorated the Tibetan National Uprising Day by conducting a peaceful march. The regional Tibetan women’s Association and the regional Tibetan Youth Congress organized the peaceful march from the settlement office to Chandragiri market on the occasion. Source link
Keonjhar: Two brothers died after drowning in the village pond at Raisuan market under Sadar police station. The deceased were identified as Khushal Ansari (9) and Aman Ansari (8). Locals spotted their bodies in the pond and took the bodies of the two children to the Keonjhar district headquarter hospital, where the doctor declared both…
Berhampur: Chairman of panchayat samiti, Sheragada block in Ganjam district, Krushna Chandra Nayak was seriously injured when a group of people allegedly assaulted him near the block office at Sheragada on Tuesday afternoon. He was rushed to MKCG Medical College and Hospital and his condition is said to be critical. Police suspected the incident might…
Balasore: The bodies of a man and a woman were found near a railway gate close to Jaleswar railway station in Balasore district on Monday evening. The deceased have been identified as Bijay Sahu (35) of Sekhbard village under Jaleswar police limits and Bandita Sahu (18) of Kachagada village under Baliapal police limits. They have…
Sambalpur: A special public hearing on women’s issues was held in Sambalpur on Tuesday. It was jointly organised by the Na tional Commission for Women and the Odisha State Commis sion for Women. Cases from Sambalpur, Bargarh and Jharsuguda districts were taken up during the session. Source link
Kendrapada: Around 1,500 carcasses of Olive Ridley sea turtles recently washed ashore along a 25km stretch from the Jatadhari river mouth in Jagatsinghpur district to Eakakula beach within Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Kendrapada, which is the world’s largest rookery of the species.Kapilendra Pradhan, the forest range officer of Gahirmatha sanctuary, said, “The turtles got entangled…
Bhubaneswar: Violence against women surged by an alarming 139% in Bhubaneswar in 2025, painting a grim picture of women’s safety in the capital city. In contrast, neighbouring Cuttack— part of the twin city commissionerate police system — recorded a 9.8% decline in such cases, according to official data.Crimes including rape, attempted rape, molestation, sexual harassment,…
Rourkela: The body of a 35-year-old man was found hanging under suspicious circumstances inside his employer’s office in Rourkela on Monday night. The deceased, Aswini Barik of Sector-6, C Block, rejoined the firm after he had quit the job some days ago. Body was handed over to his family after postmortem Source link
Bhubaneswar: With Bahrain and Kuwait airports shut and sirens sending people scurrying for cover, more than 100 NRIs, including a dozen non-resident Odias, are desperately waiting for a Saudi visa to book a quick return ticket to India amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.Several NRIs whom TOI spoke to said anxiety is mounting in…
