A patient being moved on a stretcher after the fire at SCB Medical College & Hospital in Cuttack on Monday Bhubaneswar: The fire alarm system at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack was switched off and hospital staff ignored sparks in the AC duct, shortly before a raging blaze turned three floors of…
Bhubaneswar: Despite burn wounds on his left arm and laboured breathing, Bibekananda Badajena returned to work on Tuesday. The male nursing officer at SCB Medical College and Hospital was among the first to respond when the fire alarm rang out in the trauma ICU on Sunday night.In those frantic moments, as smoke filled up the…
Bhubaneswar: Souri Behera was supposed to come home from Oman on March 14 on vacation. But on Tuesday, three days after his scheduled arrival, he did come back to his native village in Ganjam but shrouded in a coffin.The mortal remains of the 52-year-old worker, who succumbed to a heart attack in Muscat on March…
Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has pulled up the Odisha police over alleged inaction and procedural lapses in a Rs 6.2 crore fraud case and asked the state to initiate a time-bound departmental inquiry against senior officers.It has also issued notice to the chief secretary under Section 18 of the Protection of Human…
In many homes, the glow of cell phone screens has begun replacing the warmth of conversation. Parents often complain that children respond to them with shrugs, irritation or silence, spending hours scrolling, gaming or watching videos. BHUBANESWAR: In many homes, the glow of cell phone screens has begun replacing the warmth of conversation. Parents often…
Cooking over firewood has increased recently Berhampur: The demand for firewood has surged in the silk city over the past week following short supply of LPG triggered by the West Asia conflict, prompting several hotels, temples and feast organisers to switch back to using firewood.“Daily sales have jumped from around three quintals, mostly for biryani…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi with the winners in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: A row broke out during the Rajya Sabha polls on Monday after BJP’s Brahmagiri MLA Upasana Mohapatra was allegedly allowed to cast a second ballot — a move BJD president Naveen Patnaik called “illegal”, even as the BJP dismissed the charge.Upasana reportedly sought a fresh…
Bhubaneswar: Three volunteers, Sudhir Kumar Mallick, Chandan Munda and Sritam Rout, who were deployed at the Trauma Care ICU on Sunday night, immediately rushed to the ICU after hearing about the fire incident at around 2.40 am on Monday. They were volunteers of Sahay, an NGO engaged by the hospital to help patients and their…
Coir ropes being made at a BMC facility in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: To tackle heaps of used coconuts that became a visible part of municipal solid waste, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Monday issued a toll-free number, urging residents to report littered coconut waste for prompt collection and processing.The civic body said the move aimed to…
Kin wait at the mortuary of SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, on Monday Cuttack: Chaos reigned at the mortuary of SCB Medical College and Hospital with cries of kin rending the air and people frantically searching for their dear ones. And those who were able to find the bodies were inconsolable while accepting those….
