Harvested tomatoes kept at a field in Ganjam district Berhampur: Tomato growers in Ganjam district, who suffered heavy losses as the market price crashed following the surge in production, heaved a sigh of relief after Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) facilitated the market linkage of their crop to avoid distress sale.Due to bumper…
Berhampur: Family members of a migrant worker from Ganjam district’s Komanda village who died at his workplace in the Maldives, four days ago, have appealed to the district administration on Tuesday to make arrangements to bring his body back for his last rites. The deceased, Shankar Behera (40), was working as a labourer in a…
Bhubaneswar: The govt on Tuesday directed all hospitals to ensure that fire safety alert systems remain active at all times. While the directive did not specify the immediate trigger, it bore significance in light of allegations from staff at SCB Medical College and Hospital that critical alarm devices had been switched off when a massive…
Temperature rising in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: With temperature rising abnormally due to erratic weather patterns and the heat-absorbing nature of urban clusters, the housing and urban development department on Tuesday issued a comprehensive standard operating procedure directing all urban local bodies to implement heat-mitigation and drinking water-supply measures.According to the department, unpredictable rainfall followed by persistent…
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…
