Within the past 47 months, crocodile attacks have claimed around 30 human lives in the region Kendrapada: A 66-year-old farmer narrowly escaped death after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile while bathing in the Kharosotra river in Jajpur district on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, Gurucharan Dehuri of Kujibara village under Dalijoda forest range, sustained injuries…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has upheld the limited diversion of surplus ‘gochara’ (grazing) land for public use, ruling that such utilisation is legally valid when based on objective assessment and does not substantially affect villagers’ grazing rights.In a judgment delivered on March 31, a single judge bench of Justice Sasikanta Mishra dismissed a writ petition…
Kendrapada: A 55-year-old devotee allegedly chopped off his tongue and offered it to Lord Hanuman at a temple in Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday night, triggering panic among priests and locals. The incident took place in Nuagaon village under Abhayachandapur police station limits, where the man was found unconscious in a pool of blood on the…
Kendrapada: One person was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly running an illegal gas cylinder business in Jagatsinghpur district. Police seized 91 illegal gas cylinders of different companies, including 87 empty cylinders, 3 filled domestic cylinders and 1 filled commercial cylinder from his rented house at Balitutha Bazaar under Kujang police station.Acting on a tip-off, we…
The photo exhibition put up in Kotia gram panchayat Koraput: In the remote and disputed Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block of Koraput district, Utkal Diwas resonated with unmistakable Odia pride as the district administration brought the story of Odisha’s formation closer to its people. For the first time, a photo exhibition was organised by the…
Bhubaneswar: It’s back to the Covid days for 15-year-old Tisya Panigrahi, her younger sister Tvisha (9) and numerous other children like them living in Dubai.At the Panigrahi household in Dubai’s Al Furjan area, Tvisha (9) is adjusting her monitor as her class starts sharp at 8am, while in another room, her elder sister Tisya is…
A trash rack barrier system on a drain in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has introduced an innovative trash rack barrier system not only to check clogging of drains because of waste deposits but also accidents in case somebody fall into the overflowing drains.It has installed specialised barriers on an experimental basis at 20…
Berhampur: Gajapati police on Wednesday seized around 1.83 tonnes of ganja worth around Rs 2 crore from Buripadara village under R. Udayagiri police station limits. The contraband was seized from different places in the village and was suspected to have been stored to be transported illegally to some other areas, said in-charge SP (Gajapati) Saravana…
Schoolchildren during Utkal Divas celebrations Bhubaneswar: A Rs 585-crore project would be implemented soon for development of Satyabadi Bana Vidyalaya and the entire region, said chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday, while attending the state-level Utkal Divas celebration held at Suando village under Satyabadi block in Puri district.Suando is the birthplace of freedom fighter…
Bhubaneswar: A grant support of Rs 10 crore will be given to new bio-incubators in the state for conducting translational research, commercialisation and building a sustainable biotech entrepreneurship ecosystem. Similarly, Rs 5 crore will be given to existing bio-incubators for this work.The govt has issued guidelines to set up and upgrade biotechnology incubation centres across…
