Kendrapada: Frontline health workers are risking their lives to provide medical care to marooned families in Kendrapada district, travelling by boat through crocodile-infested floodwaters and snake-prone channels to reach villages cut off by the deluge.Medical teams have been conducting door-to-door health check-ups and distributing essential medicines in several inundated villages, including Dasarajpur, where floodwaters have…
Reinforcing its zero‑tolerance stance against corruption, the Nuapada district administration has suspended Mohan Bag, Senior Revenue Assistant of Khariar Panchayat Samiti, following allegations of accepting a bribe from a contractor.A video circulating on social media reportedly showed Bag receiving money from a contractor, prompting swift administrative action. Acting on separate reports submitted by the Block Development…
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will travel to New Delhi on August 6 for a two day event to spearhead another round of the state’s investment outreach, as the government intensifies efforts to attract fresh industrial investments ahead of the next phase of its economic growth strategy. The event on August 7 and 8…
Kendrapada: Flood waters from swollen rivers entering villages have prompted the Odisha government to issue a crocodile alert and launch a door-to-door awareness campaign and a WhatsApp helpline amid an increased risk of reptile attacks, especially in the coastal district of Kendrapada.Kendrapada is home to the Bhitarkanika National Park that hosts estuarine crocodile nests. According…
Kataka: A fresh controversy has erupted at Ravenshaw University after Kataka Sadar MLA and Senate Member Prakash Chandra Sethi wrote to Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, seeking action against the university’s Head of the Department of Education and Chief Warden, Dr. Sudarshan Mishra, for his alleged ‘misconduct’ during a meeting convened to resolve an…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 5: A young man was rescued in an unconscious and injured condition from a hotel room in Bhubaneswar after allegedly attempting suicide, following a farewell video he posted on Facebook that triggered panic among his family members.According to police, the youth uploaded a video apologising to his father and saying that he was…
Calcutta, 5/8: Heavens will not fall” if all six stanzas of Vande Mataram are sung in madrasas, Calcutta High Court on Wednesday orally observed while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL). The court was hearing a PIL challenging a government notification making the rendition of the complete national song mandatory in such institutions.
New Delhi, 5/8: Taking serious note of a large number of vehicles plying without third-party insurance cover, the Supreme Court has directed the Centre to evolve a pilot project by which fuel for vehicles can be refused at petrol pumps until valid insurance is obtained.The top court, in its verdict on Tuesday, took note of…
Bhubaneswar: Suspended IIC of Sarankul police station Sujit Das appeared before the Crime Branch on Tuesday in connection with a sexual harassment case, following directions of the Orissa High Court.Das appeared before the Crime Branch CAW (Crime Against Women) wing which is investigating the case on the orders of the DGP. The High Court has…
New Delhi, 4/8: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is set to hold her first media interaction on Wednesday (August 5) evening, two years after she fled Dhaka following a massive anti-government protest albeit by video link She is going to do it at an event hosted by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia…
