Rourkela: A 38-year-old woman and her minor stepson were electrocuted at Kamarpal village under Kundheigola police limits in Deogarh district on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Upasi and Manoprit Bhutia (8). Their postmortem was done on Sunday, after which the bodies were handed over to the family. Source link
Rourkela: A 38-year-old woman and her minor stepson were electrocuted at Kamarpal village under Kundheigola police limits in Deogarh district on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Upasi and Manoprit Bhutia (8). Their postmortem was done on Sunday, after which the bodies were handed over to the family. Source link
Bhubaneswar: A childline and police team rescued a minor girl on Saturday whike she was being married off in Nayagarh district’s Bhapur area. The groom fled on seeing the team. Police sources said, the district child protection office (DCPO) received a tip-off through its toll-free number about the incident. “We rescued the girl and handed…
Berhampur: Widely used in rituals and celebrations, marigolds have a deep cultural and spiritual connection with Ganjam residents.For 45-year-old Hiramani Reddy of Hinjili and several others in Ganjam, marigold cultivation has emerged as a reliable source of income. Growing African marigold which is a hybrid variety, on her half-acre land, she has found it more…
Berhampur: As many as 295 of 638 schools in Ganjam achieved 100% results in the Annual High School Certificate (HSC) examination this time — highest in the state, according to Ajay Kumar Patra, district education officer.This time 304 students have achieved A-1 grade, the second highest in the state after Balasore (305), he said.Among them,…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi at the national level workshop Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday launched the ShaktiShree mobile application, enabling girl students in higher education institutions (HEI) to register complaints related to harassment.Announced last year as part of state govt’s ShaktiShree initiative, the app aims to strengthen support systems for female students by…
Jharsuguda: Vedanta Aluminium on Saturday contested the Odisha govt’s Rs 233 crore demand notice over alleged illegal drawing of water from Bheden river, calling it based on “incorrect assumptions” and not reflective of the factual or regulatory position.The state had issued the notice, citing dues and penalty for purportedly extracting water illegally from the Bheden…
JAJPUR: At least 58 people, including 27 children, were hospitalised after allegedly falling ill from consuming a local delicacy in Odisha’s Jajpur district, police said. The incident occured in Patapur village under Dasarathapur block on Friday. According to police, the affected persons had eaten ‘Cuttack Dahibara’ sold by a local vendor and later complained of…
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday evicted 81 more families from Salia Sahi slum in the last leg of freeing govt land for the construction of a 13-km-long parallel road to the left of the Jayadev Vihar-Nandakanan stretch, in order to decongest the important artery.Out of the 81 families, 67 were relocated to a…
The nationwide test of the Cell Broadcast System Bhubaneswar: Several city residents were left confused and alarmed after receiving an “Extremely Severe Alert” message, accompanied by a loud buzzer sound, on their mobile phones on Saturday, with many suspecting it to be a technical problem in their devices or cyberattack.However, they later realised that the…
