JAJPUR: Police in Odisha’s Jajpur district exhumed the body of a newly married woman from the backyard of her in-laws’ house following allegations that she had been murdered, officials said on Monday.Police also arrested the husband of the 19-year-old deceased, identified as Pramila Das, in connection with the incident at Dandasana village under the Jenapur…
Berhampur: Rekha Senapati, hailing from the silk city, presently settled in Manchester, UK, has received the prestigious Mayor’s Citizenship Award in recognition of her voluntary services for people with life-threatening and terminal illnesses, besides encouraging women’s empowerment.Heather Fletcher, the ceremonial mayor of the city of Salford, presented the award to 59-year-old Senapati at a function…
The court observed that several vessels carrying ammonium nitrate dock at Paradip port Cuttack: The Orissa high court has sought clarification from the Centre on whether safety advisories issued for ships carrying ammonium nitrate are being strictly followed at ports, particularly by Paradip Port Authority (PPA).While hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), a division bench,…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has held that statutory authorities cannot “usurp power” not expressly conferred under law while staying an interim suspension order imposed on a sand quarry lessee in Khurda district.The ruling came while the HC granted interim relief to a petitioner who challenged a show-cause notice issued by the mining officer (minor mineral),…
Bhubaneswar: Biplab Kumar Samal defied poverty to crack NEET. A resident of Ghadiamal village in Kendrapada district, Samal’s father is a migrant worker in a textile mill in Gujarat. It was a challenge for him to arrange funds for the admission fee.“I have two sisters at home. My father’s salary gets exhausted by the end…
Koraput: The number of arrests in the sensational murder case of 19-year-old Nikhil Hadapa has risen to nine with Rayagada district police arresting six more accused on Sunday, a day after the arrest of three prime accused from Bihar.Police said the prime accused — Umesh Chandra Hial, Willson Semili alias Raj Semili alias Sipu, and…
Keonjhar: A 32-year-old man, who came visiting his sister’s house in Kadagada village under Sadar police station, for Savitri Puja on Friday, was found dead in a forest near Bhatunia village under Sadar police station limits on Saturday under mysterious circumstances.The deceased has been identified as Lalatendu Dehuri, (32), of Raikala village, Rajnagar panchayat, Patna…
Bhubaneswar: Vigilance officials on Sunday arrested a govt junior engineer and his associate, who is not related to any govt sector, in Nayagarh district for allegedly taking Rs 1.36 lakh bribe from a contractor to clear his pending bills.The junior engineer was identified as Keshab Subudhi, serving in the rural works section at Bhapur in…
A sloth bear, which fell into a dry well in Kaptipada, was successfully rescued by forest officials after a 15-hour operation. The agile bear, an adult that had strayed from a nearby forest, climbed out on its own using a ladder and returned to its habitat without needing tranquilization. Source link
