Kendrapada: Two persons, including the owner of a drug de-addiction centre, were arrested by Jagatsinghpur police on Monday for allegedly killing a patient inside the facility on Friday night.The accused were identified as Sabuja Kumar Sahoo (30), owner of the centre in Jagatsinghpur town, and Bibhav Ranjan Mohanty (28), a staff member.The deceased, Anirudha Lenka…
Bhubaneswar: With heatwave expected to intensify, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, has issued a detailed advisory to ensure the safety of the officials concerned and electors during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls scheduled from May 30 to Sept 6.In a directive issued on Monday, additional CEO Sushanta Kumar…
Bhubaneswar: The state police have sought assistance from their counterparts in seven states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal — to recover weapons looted by Maoists in 1992 and 2001 from Odisha, many of which were later seized in various operations by those states.Between 1992 and 2022, Maoists carried out…
Bhubaneswar: To gradually phase out diesel- and petrol-run waste transportation vehicles, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to replace at least 50 such vehicles with EVs.Mayor Sulochana Das said existing vehicles of a certain brand would be exchanged to procure EVs. “We have our own diesel-run vehicles that are used in sanitation. Some have become…
Berhampur: Kandhamal district administration suspended the additional data entry operator (ADEO) and panchayat executive officer (PEO) of Daharakote panchayat in Kotagarh block for alleged misappropriation of Rs 38 lakh without execution of projects under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The suspended officers were identified as ADEO Kansiram Digal and PEO Sutanay Mahakuda…
Expert panel to probe illegal sand mining case Cuttack: The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) east zone bench has set up a joint committee to probe into allegations of illegal sand mining on the Subarnarekha river stretch near Mohammad Nagar Patna and Sekhsarai villages under Odisha’s Jaleswar tehsil in Balasore district.The NGT passed the order while…
One victim reportedly fell ill and was taken to a hospital for treatment BHUBANESWAR: At least six persons died due to suspected asphyxiation inside an under-construction septic tank in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Tuesday, police said.The incident took place at Gaud Karlakhunta village under the Madanpur Rampur police station area when the victims were engaged…
Jharsuguda: Brajrajnagar police on Monday busted an organised IPL betting racket operating through illegal online cricket gambling networks and arrested eight people. Police identified the accused as Gobind Das Mahant (35), Akash Srivastava (25), Vishal Kumar Ravi (27), Vim Kumar Ram (25), Mannu Singh (25), Shankar Prasad Ram (35), Rajiv Kumar (19), all residents of…
Koraput: An employee of State Bank of India died after slipping while trying to get down from a moving train at Ambadala railway station in Rayagada district around 5 am on Monday. The deceased was identified as Dilip Kumar Sabat (35), an employee of the SBI branch at Lanjigarh, said police.According to sources, Dilip was…
File photo of tusks seized in Keonjhar Bhubaneswar: Data compiled by the state wildlife headquarters has revealed seizure of as many as 117 elephant tusks from various divisions from 2020-21 to Feb 2026, exposing rampant poaching in the state.The numbers suggest that the forest department seized 25 tusks in both 2020-21 and 2023-24, though it…
