The damaged house of Uddhab Besra Balasore: A two-year-old boy died after an elephant herd demolished a house during a midnight raid in Kendukhunta village under Raibania police limits in Balasore district on Monday night. The victim, Rama Besra, one of the twin sons of the house owner, Uddhab Besra, sustained critical injuries after debris…
Bhubaneswar: In the past four years, 344 elephants have died in Odisha, forest minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia informed the assembly on Tuesday.Responding to a question raised by Lanjigarh MLA Pradeep Kumar Dishari, who sought details on the number of elephant deaths since 2022 and their causes, Singhkhuntia replied, “Of the 344 deaths recorded during the…
Koraput: In view of the anticipated ‘kalbaisakhi’ storms and severe heatwave conditions during April and May, the Koraput administration has geared up to face it under the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority guidelines.At a district-level emergency preparedness meeting on Tuesday, collector (Koraput) Manoj Satyawan Mahajan said preventing heat stroke-related deaths remains the administration’s top priority….
Bhubaneswar: Congress on Tuesday suspended three of its MLAs, a day after they, along with eight BJD legislators, cross-voted to ensure the defeat of Dr Datteswar Hota, an independent candidate backed by both parties in the Rajya Sabha election.Those suspended were Sofia Firdous, Ramesh Jena and Dasarathi Gomango. Congress has also moved Speaker Surama Padhy…
An Olive Ridley sea turtle Berhampur: Wildlife scientists are excited as 47 female Olive Ridley turtles which were tagged by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), three years ago, have returned to the beach near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district to lay eggs along with several others in last four days.Over 2.5 lakh…
Former CM Naveen Patnaik clarifies purpose of Biju Naveen Foundation Bhubaneswar: Amid a political row over the formation of a Delhi-based trust which has Naveen Patnaik’s close aide V K Pandian as president and Rajya Sabha MP Santrupt Misra as secretary, the former CM on Wednesday said it was his own initiative, taken for the…
Berhampur: Four men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a 45-year-old woman, her son and his two friends at Bhetanai village under Kotinada police station limits in Ganjam district earlier this week on suspicion of theft.The accused were identified as Santosh Kumar Sethy (24), his brother Sushant, Sankar Sethy (38) and Naresh Kumar Sethy…
Koraput: The additional district judge in Rayagada on Wednesday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman last Nov. Swift investigation by Odisha Police led to the conviction within four months.According to a release by the police, the incident occurred on Nov 18, 2025. The survivor and her husband were…
Fire personnel conduct a mock drill at SCB Hospital Bhubaneswar: Doctors after examining the SCB fire victims said on Wednesday that at least nine of the 12 victims had possibly died of suffocation with only three of them bearing external burn injuries.Some of the samples have been sent to the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL),…
Govt sources said more actions may follow in the days to come Bhubaneswar: Three fire service personnel and an electrical engineer were suspended on Wednesday by the govt for alleged lapses that led to the fire in the trauma care unit of SCB Medical College and Hospital, resulting in the deaths of 12 ICU patients,…
