Koraput: A 23-year-old man, arrested on Monday in connection with the alleged abduction of a minor girl, was found dead at Dabugaon police station in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday morning, sparking tension in the area.The deceased has been identified as Purna Kalar, a resident of Anchala village under Dabugaon police station limits. Police had arrested…
Bhubaneswar: Technical snag forced a Delhi-Bhubaneswar Air India Express flight to divert mid-air and land in Jaipur on Wednesday morning.Sources in Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) said the flight, which took off from Delhi at 6.30 in the morning with nearly 180 passengers and eight crew members, was supposed to reach Bhubaneswar at 8.35am.But following…
Bhubaneswar: The state plans to set up a centre of excellence – Odisha Resource Center for Ageing & Divyangjan (ORCAD) – to oversee welfare of the elderly and differently abled population and anchor a statewide multi-tier system for ageing and disability governance.Proposed by the social security and empowerment of persons with disabilities (SSEPD) department, the…
BJD members met Jitu Munda in his village Keonjhar: Jitu Munda’s trouble doesn’t seem to be over yet. Denied by Odisha Grameen Bank to withdraw money from his sister’s account and asked to provide her death certificate, Jitu had dug up her skeletal remains and taken it to the bank as proof.The incident created a…
Rourkela: Four persons died in the bus-truck collision near Chandiposh in Sundargarh district on Tuesday night. Nineteen injured are undergoing treatment in different hospitals, with two of them being in a critical condition.The deceased were identified as bus drivers Niranjan Rout (52) of Rourkela and Manas Kumar Panda (36) of Jajpur, helper Siba Prasad Nayak…
Bhubaneswar: Scientists from NIMHANS, Bengaluru, and IIT Bhubaneswar have found a new way to study schizophrenia by tracking how the brain’s signals behave over time. Using principles of Chaos Theory, the study sheds light on how the disorder progresses and how treatment may work differently for each patient. It aims to improve diagnosis and treatment…
Plantation at CRP Square underpass Bhubaneswar: Idle and vacant underpasses of at least six flyovers in the city will be beautified with plants.Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start the initiative on Wednesday from CRP Square plantation — to promote greenery while lending an aesthetic beauty to the underpasses, which often turn into unauthorised parking spaces…
Bhubaneswar: In line with cyclone and flood shelters, the govt on Tuesday decided to construct heatwave relief centres across the state to provide relief to commuters.Revenue minister Suresh Pujari said heatwave centres will be set up on a priority basis at places that are known to report frequent heatwave-related cases and where temperature remains high…
The Jagannath Temple in Puri Bhubaneswar: A dispute between two servitors of Puri Jagannath Temple stalled the voyage of the representative deities of the shrine, held on the eighth day of ongoing Chandan Yatra at sacred Narendra pond, on Tuesday night.Taking a serious note of the incident, the govt warned of action against the erring…
Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday reviewed the progress of strategic petroleum reserve project at Chandikhole in Jajpur district during a meeting with Atul Gupta, deputy CEO of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd, in New Delhi.The development holds significance amid the ongoing tension in West Asia. The Chandikhole facility, with a storage capacity…
