Berhampur: Two Plus II students of an English medium school here drowned in a pond at Nigam Nagar in Ankuli under Baidyanath Pur police station limits on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Biswajit Panda (16) and Abhijit Marndi (17), of Gajapati Nagar and Niranjan Nagar, Khodasingi, respectively. Panda was the son of a local BJP…
Rourkela: A 24-year-old youth was arrested in Sundargarh district on Saturday night allegedly for abducting and raping a minor girl. The incident took place in Feb when the 16-year-old girl met the youth, known to her family, while returning home after appearing for her Class 10 exam. The youth offered her to drop her home…
Snip of Jagannath and his brother in Ambika Nagar BERHAMPUR: A 33-year-old man, who was accused in a brutal attack on a 30-year-old on Sunday evening, was injured in a police firing late at night, hours after the incident.The accused, Jagannath Sahu alias Jaga, sustained bullet injuries in both legs during an encounter near Sukunda….
BHUBNESHWAR: Rajya Sabha MP Debasish Samantray on Monday resigned from the primary membership of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), citing alleged neglect and marginalisation within the party. In his resignation letter addressed to BJD president Naveen Patnaik, Samantray thanked the party leadership for nominating him to the Rajya Sabha and giving him the opportunity to…
Kendrapada: A 40-year-old man was arrested on Sunday allegedly for killing his 70-year-old mother in Patuni village under Kendrapada district’s Rajkanika police station on Saturday night. Accused Bijay Sahoo, who had returned home in an inebriated condition on Saturday night, first tried to assault his father Nabag han (74) in a fit of rage. His…
Ateam from the Sundargarh district health department visited Nuadihi village on Sun day and conducted an inquiry Rourkela: Four persons, three of them women, have died in the past 24 hours and at least 22 others are undergoing treatment in different hospitals in a suspected case of food poisoning after they attended a post-funeral feast…
Kolkata: In a move to ensure uninterrupted power supply amid an intense heatwave conditions, Tata Power-led Odisha distribution companies (discoms) have activated an emergency response system along with round-the-clock network monitoring and customer support mechanisms.In a statement, Tata Power said, “More than 26,000 trained field staff, including maintenance teams, breakdown response teams, supervisors and safety…
BMC workers during a sanitation drive Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to privatise sanitation services fully across the city, with a proposal sent to the state govt to phase out its own sanitation workforce from the remaining three wards still handled by regular staff. Out of the 67 wards, 64 are currently serviced…
Jeypore SDPO Archita Mittal with the accused Koraput: A day after the arrest of a 34-year-old man in Rourkela for his involvement in fraud cases across Odisha, police on Sunday said investigation revealed that he duped his victims of around Rs 1 crore since 2016.According to police, Laxmikanta Panda had allegedly duped several people by…
Villagers protest, placing water pots on road, in Kendrapada district Kendrapada: The residents of Kendrapada district’s Mahakalapada block on Sunday sat on a dharna by placing pots and buckets on the road at Belara Nuagaon, demanding safe drinking water and repair of damaged pipelines.The villagers blocked the movement of buses and other vehicles for around…
