Keonjhar: Two battery-operated scooters were gutted at Baladevjew Colony in Keonjhar town on Tuesday, triggering panic among electric vehicle users. Though the exact cause is yet to be confirmed, fire officials suspect a short circuit. According to house owner Akshay Pattanayak, a scooter parked on his premises suddenly caught fire around 2 pm. Another scooter…
Jharsuguda: Brajrajnagar police on Tuesday arrested three persons for allegedly procuring and distributing illegal firearms in the area from Bihar. Police identified the accused as Santosh Khedkar (36) of Telenpali, Bishal Bag (30) of OPM Colony, and Banty Prasad (34) of Lamtibahal, Brajrajnagar. Police seized 5 country-made 7.65 mm pistols, 20 rounds of ammunition and…
Rourkela: A youth was found dead near Biratola on NH-143 under Chandiposh police limits on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Sumit Tanty (26). On Sunday, Sumit along with his wife had gone to Darjing to attend a marriage ceremony. On Monday night, he returned alone on his bike and it is suspected he…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday ordered an administrative probe by the RDC, Northern Division. “To ascertain why such an incident occurred and to ensure that it does not recur, the CM has ordered an RDC inquiry,” the CMO said in a statement. The RDC will commence inquiry from Wednesday. TNN Source link
Rourkela: At least 20 passengers were injured, some of them critically, after a private bus and a truck collided head-on near Chandiposh under Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district on Tuesday night. The bus was travelling from Rourkela to Jajpur. On receiving information, Chandiposh police rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation, which was…
Berhampur: Gajapati district administration on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a bid to marry off a minor girl in Goshani block to a man aged over 30 from a nearby village. The wedding was scheduled for April 29.Acting on a tip-off, a team comprising officials of the district administration, police, block child marriage prevention officer,…
Neelakantha lake in Jeypore Koraput: Resentment is increasing among residents over the inordinate delay in completion of the rejuvenation project of the 250-year-old Neelakantha lake in Jeypore.The Jeypore municipality signed an MoU with the National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC) in Aug 2021 to develop the historic lake into a major tourist hub at an…
Koraput: The Koraput administration on Monday completed the Census operations in the 21 disputed villages of Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block, an area claimed by both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Officials said the exercise was conducted smoothly despite geographical challenges and earlier resistance in some villages.According to charge officer-cum-tehsildar of Pottangi Debendra Dharua, the house…
The couple nabbed by forest personnel at Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary Bhubaneswar: A couple was arrested by Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary personnel late on Sunday night while they were cooking peahen meat. They hunted the peahen from inside Debrigarh forest using a synthetic-made thread snare.Wildlife officials said they seized cooked peahen meat, eggs, mud balls, feathers, axes…
Members of Odisha Govt Outsourcing Employees Federation stage a dharna in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: Odisha Govt Outsourcing Employees Federation, along with MLAs and MPs, have written letters to chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi regarding the conditions of outsourced employees engaged across various departments in the state.These employees are facing multiple challenges, including job insecurity,…
