Rayagada: In a tragic incident, three persons lost their lives and one sustained critical injuries after being struck by lightning while working in a cotton field in Bishnuguda village under Rayagada block on Friday.According to reports, the victims, including 45-year-old Sambari Pidika, were engaged in cotton farming when the lightning strike occurred. All four were rushed…
Bhubaneswar: The officials the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today raided the house of Archana Nag, who had been arrested in an alleged honeytrap and extortion case, in the Odisha capital here.The ED sleuths reportedly conducted the raid at Nag’s house in connection with some alleged financial irregularities, committed in 2022.Nag was not present in her house…
In another vigilance operation, Miss Puspita Mahakud, Former PEO, Luhasila GP under Bijatola Block, Dist-Mayurbhanj, A/P attached to Sub-Collector, Rairangpur, Dist-Mayurbhanj has been nabbed for embezzlement of Govt. funds to the tune of Rs.5,68, 950/- meant for distribution to senior citizens as Old Age Pension.
Today, i.e. on 12.09.2025, short while ago Sri Chittaranjan Rout, District Labour Officer, Nayagarh has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe of Rs.6,000/- from a Labourer (Complainant) for issuance of labour cards in favour of complt. and other 19 labourers. The complt. and his colleagues, being poor labourers, were unable to…
Today i.e. on 12.09.2025, a short while ago, Sri Aswini Kumar Panda, OAS, Tahasildar, Bamra, Dist-Sambalpur has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.15,000/- from the Complainant for conversion of agricultural land to homestead land in a mutation case. For about a month, the complt had been requesting Sri Panda,…
Rayagada: The body of Naib Sarpanch of Dambsara grama panchayat in Rayagada district was recovered from her residence under mysterious circumstances on Friday.According to reports, Ranjita Tripathy was married to Narasingha Tripathy of Dambasara village. Following her marriage, Ranjita had allegedly been subjected to mental torture and physical abuse by her husband.Meanwhile, Gunupur police have…
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today suspended its senior leader Prafulla Kumar Mallik from the party.The former Kamakhyanagar MLA was suspended from the regional party with immediate effect for his involvement in anti-party activities, an order issued by the BJD said.However, Mallik said that he had already resigned from the party and was not…
Bhubaneswar: A woman traffic constable posted in Bhubaneswar has gone missing for the past one week, raising concern among her family and colleagues.The missing constable has been identified as Shubhamitra Sahu, a native of Paradip.According to reports, Shubhamitra went missing from the Surya Nagar area under the Capital police limits on September 6. Following a complaint…
Khallikote: In a rare incident, a 20 foot long python was rescued by the Forest Department from a government quarter in Ganjam district of Odisha on Wednesday. The huge snake was rescued in Khallikote.As per reports, the huge python snake entered the government quarter of Khallikote hospital that belong to an employee of the hospital named…
Balangir: An elderly woman was found dead inside a train toilet under mysterious circumstances in Balangir district of Odisha on Wednesday.The elderly woman’s body was reportedly found from the toilet of the PwD (Divyangjan) friendly coach of Visakhapatnam-Raipur Passenger train.Though immediately it is not known when and under what circumstances the woman died inside the train…
