6-hour nightmare in Odisha jungle: Boy stuck head-first inside hilltop rock saved amid swarming bees and a lurking python | Bhubaneswar News

BHUBANESWAR: A 14-year-old boy’s attempt to collect honey in a jungle in Nayagarh district turned into a six-hour-long life-threatening ordeal on Wednesday after his head got trapped in a rock crevice.It triggered a massive rescue mission fraught with danger, as a six-foot python slithered close and swarms of wild bees hovered overhead.After nearly six hours…

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Commuters rue delay of trains in letters to PM, rly minister | Bhubaneswar News

A MEMU train at a railway station Bhubaneswar: Daily commuters on the Paradip-Cuttack rail corridor have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday, highlighting persistent delays and “unjustified detention” of key MEMU passenger trains, severely disrupting routine travel.In a letter, the Paradip-Cuttack MEMU Passenger Train Commuters’ Group flagged frequent…

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Odisha man who exhumed sister’s skeleton to claim bank deposits undergoes purification, rejoins community | Bhubaneswar News

KEONJHAR: Jitu Munda of Dianali village under Patna block in Kendujhar district, who had exhumed his sister Kala Munda’s skeletal remains to prove her death and withdraw her bank deposits, on Wednesday underwent a community-mandated purification ritual, allowing him to rejoin his caste group. This is the second time Jitu has performed such a ritual…

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Illegal country-made gun making unit busted in K’mal, 1 held | Bhubaneswar News

Berhampur: Police have unearthed an illegal country-made gun making unit at Labanya Nagar under Kandhamal district’s Tumudibandha police station limits on Thursday. “Daitari Bindhani (40) of the same village was arrested for running the illegal manufacturing unit,” said Baliguda SDPO, Shubham Bhosale, on Wednesday.Acting on a tip off, a police team conducted raids at the…

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Forest ranger trainees from MP witness mass hatching of Olive Ridley turtles at Rushikulya rookery | Bhubaneswar News

Berhampur: A group of 34 forest ranger trainees from Madhya Pradesh visited river Rushikulya rookery and witnessed the ongoing mass hatching of Olive Ridley turtles on Wednesday.The officers, undergoing an 18-month training at Odisha Forest Rangers College (OFRC), Angul, visited the rookery to get hands-on knowledge in wildlife conservation and forest management, as a part…

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