Kendrapada: The fate of farmers in several villages under Pattamundai block hangs in balance as dense weed growth in the Gobari river has choked water flow, crippling irrigation for summer paddy, vegetables and other crops.The nearly 10-km river stretch is heavily infested with fast-growing aquatic weeds such as water hyacinth, forming thick mats that block…
The charred room of the apartment’s lone security guard Biswajit Behera at the building’s ground-floor parking Bhubaneswar: Condemning the indifference of fellow residents, the family members of the three victims of Wednesday’s apartment fire in Laxmisagar area here alleged that neither anyone came forward to help them, nor even acknowledge the tragedy.The victims — Biswajit…
Kendrapada: Three persons were arrested on Wednesday for the murder of a 78-year-old man and for injuring three of his family members over a property dispute at Trilochanpur village under Jajpur Sadar police limits on Monday. The accused were identified as Padmalava Rout (48), Sasmita Samal (45) and Nandan Behera (31), all residents of the…
Jharsuguda: Jharsuguda police busted an organised interstate arms syndicate by arresting two suppliers, sourcing firearms from Bihar, in separate raids.In Brajrajnagar, police arrested Adarsh Dubey alias Bittu (32) of Ganganagar. A search led to the seizure of one country-made 7.65 mm pistol, two single-shot country-made pistols and four rounds of live ammunition.In a parallel raid…
Rourkela: A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment by a Pocso court in Sundargarh on Tuesday for abducting and sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2021.Delivering the verdict, additional district judge-cum-presiding officer (Pocso) Gyana Ranjan Patnaik also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convict. The convict will have to…
This will take the city’s total legacy waste processed through bio-mining to 21 lakh metric tonnes Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday decided to take up the second phase of bio-mining of 9 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste dumped at Bhuasuni in three phases.This will take the city’s total legacy waste processed through…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ORERA) has modified the quarterly progress report (QPR) formats for builders and allowed hard-copy submission for offline-registered projects, doing away with the only online filing system earlier.The revised formats, notified recently, will be applicable from the quarter ending June 2026 onwards and according to officials are expected to…
Berhampur: A 21-year old pregnant woman was allegedly hacked to death by her husband’s younger brother at Kharida village under Ganjam district’s Hinjili police station limits on Tuesday.The incident took place while the deceased was sitting on a dharna along with her two-year-old daughter outside her husband’s house in protest against the man allegedly abandoning…
Keonjhar: Forest personnel arrested three persons for setting fire to different places in Kanjipani section of Bhuyan Juang Pidha range in Keonjhar forest division on Monday. The accused were cutting and burning trees for podu cultivation in Kakharua forest. Those arrested have been identified as Lalmohan Naik (59) of Lungajhar village, Shirpani Juang (45) and…
Koraput: Vigilance on Tuesday forwarded Sudhansu Khora, the branch manager of Koraput Central Co-operative (KCC) bank, Malkangiri, to court, a day after his arrest in connection with an embezzlement case involving govt funds.Khora has been accused of misappropriating over Rs 1 crore linked to crop loan transactions and repayments made by farmers through multiple Large…
