Berhampur: A video of a suspected leopard sighting a top of the nearby hill, went viral in the social media, causing panic among the villagers of Lanka and Sunakhala in Ganjam district’s Patrapur block.A group of children sighted the animal sitting on the hilltop, while they were playing on Saturday afternoon and made a video…
Workers returning from Surat at Berhampore station Berhampur: Hundreds of migrant workers employed in Surat have started returning to their native places in Ganjam district amid the ongoing LPG crisis in the textile city.Generally, migrant workers return home before Vishuba Sankranti on April 14 to participate in local rituals. But due to the non-availability of…
Jharsuguda: Police arrested a 40-year-old man within 24 hours of him allegedly firing on a pregnant woman at Talipada in Sarbahal area on March 20 due to personal enmity, police said.Police identified the accused as Lokesh Kumar Padhan, a resident of Kilasama village under Sasan police limits in Sambalpur district.Police officers said the accused allegedly…
Animesh Kujur’s last major event was the World Championships in Tokyo last year Kolkata: Animesh Kujur will lead a strong 33-member Odisha squad at the first national indoor athletics championships to be held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from March 24-25.Kujur did compete at Khelo India University Games and Odisha State Athletics in Dec last…
Bhubaneswar: A day after the arrest of the prime suspect in the alleged rape and murder of a Plus II student in Dhenkanal district, police on Sunday arrested three of his associates in connection with the case.All four — prime accused Jaga alias Gangadhar Patra (38), and his aides Chandan Kumar Naik (26), Rasananda Naik…
Dr Siddharth Pattanayak who usually travelled from Bhubaneswar to Delhi to Munich Bhubaneswar: A journey that would have taken a day despite two different time zones lasted nearly 20 days with the traveller, Dr Siddharth Pattanayak, stranded in West Asia due to the war. And, instead of Rs 70,000, he had to shell out Rs…
Bhubaneswar: The transport department issued fines amounting to Rs 9.6 crore against 17,800 traffic violators on the first day of the 10-day special enforcement drive that began on Saturday.The campaign was launched following a surge in accidents and fatalities across Odisha. State police data shows that 6,483 people died in road accidents in 2025, a…
Bhubaneswar: After declaring Kochilei Market in Rasulgarh plastic-free last year, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to extend its anti-polythene initiative to two more major markets in the city — VSS Nagar and Damana. BMC issued a notification in this regard, asking its officers to take steps to phase out plastic bag use in the…
Bhubaneswar: After medical counselling for NEET PG seats got over, 52 out of 615 PG seats are lying vacant in different medical colleges of the state because there are fewer candidates for non-clinical subjects compared to clinical subjects.Dr Jyotish Chandra Choudhury, head of the FMT department, SCB Medical College and Hospital, who looks after the…
Cuttack: The foreign exchange (currency exchange) industry in Odisha has been hit hard, witnessing a sharp decline in business, as uncertainty triggered by the ongoing war in West Asia has led many travellers to cancel or postpone overseas trips.Forex dealers say the slowdown has come at a time when the sector usually witnesses peak demand…
