Kendrapada: At least four govt officials were injured after close relatives of a bride and groom allegedly assaulted them on Thursday evening when they tried to stop a child marriage from taking place in Kendrapada district.Officials said they received information about a child marriage being organised at Sakhibata, considered a holy place. “When we reached…
Kendrapada: Five people drowned while bathing in the rivers and in a pond in Jajpur, Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur districts on Wednesday after celebrating Holi.The five deceased were identified as Shubha Sankalp Barik ( 22) of Tunga village under Aul police station in Kendrapada district, Sanjay Mohapatra (24) of Dihasahi village under Biridi police station in…
The species detected by researchers of Berhampur University Berhampur: For the first time, a rare marine amphipod, a shrimp-like species, was found in Indian water at Arjyapalli in Ganjam district by marine science researchers of Berhampur University. The species identified as Stenothoe lowryi was earlier recorded in Malaysia while its distribution elsewhere remains unknown, said…
Students and volunteers at the awareness programme Berhampur: With mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles expected to begin shortly near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district, the Berhampur forest division on Thursday conducted an awareness programme for local communities and fishermen at Purunabandh.Students and faculty members from the department of marine science, Berhampur…
Amit Shah vows to crush ‘red corridor’ dream, eliminate Naxalism by March 31 (File image) BHUBANESWAR: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday hailed the country’s security forces for decisively curbing Naxal activities, declaring that the long-held ambition of extremists to establish a “red corridor” stretching from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to Pashupati in Nepal…
BJD president Naveen Patnaik with OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das and Congress leaders Rama Chandra Kadam and Narasingha Mishra during filing of nomination papers for Rajya Sabha in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: From fielding a common Rajya Sabha candidate to sharing the stage with the Congress’s top brass and giving a guarded response to alliance queries, former…
Berhampur: Five persons, including a three-year-old boy, were killed and three others injured in two separate road accidents in Ganjam and Kandhamal districts on Holi on Wednesday afternoon.Four persons died and a woman was seriously injured when two motorcycles collided head-on at Kundli chhaka under Kandhamal district’s Gochhapada police station limits. A 28-year-old man died…
Bhubaneswar: Union home minister Amit Shah will inaugurate an exhibition showcasing the state police’s achievements in implementing three landmark criminal laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) – during his visit to Bhubaneswar on Friday.These laws, which came into force on July 1, 2024, replaced…
Puri: In a unique initiative, the India-Japan Friendship Centre organised Holi celebrations on its Chakratirtha Road campus, where Japanese tourists enthusiastically took part in festivities. The visitors smeared colours on each other and even greeted passers-by on the road with colours enjoying the traditional celebrations.Japanese tourist Nachos Miyahara said the experience was memorable and something…
Fans watch the India-England semi-final in Bhubaneswar on Thursday Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Celebrations broke out across Bhubaneswar and Cuttack as defending champion India booked a sensational berth in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 after outplaying England in a nail-biting second semi-final at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.The victory set…
