Ganjam: Panic has gripped Patashala Malik Sahi under Dharakote in Odisha’s Ganjam district following an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting that has reportedly claimed two lives and affected six people. The affected persons have been admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur for treatment. The exact cause of the outbreak is yet to…
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is making special arrangements at the North Gate of Srimandir in Puri to facilitate hassle-free darshan for elderly and differently-abled devotees. As part of the initiative, construction of a ramp and railings from the North Gate Gumuta to the Kurma Bedha has already been completed. Specially trained volunteers…
Bhubaneswar: A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint at Behera Sahi in the Nayapalli area of Bhubaneswar on Wednesday night, police said. As per a complaint lodged by the victim with the police, the accused entered her rented house forcibly and raped her while threatening her with a gun. The woman was staying in…
Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway bid farewell to 18 Railway employees who superannuated during September 2026, marking the culmination of their dedicated and valuable service to Indian Railways. The retiring employees belonged to various departments, including Accounts, Engineering, Commercial, Electrical, Mechanical, Operating and Signal & Telecommunication. The employees who superannuated during the month…
The authorities of Ravenshaw University in Odisha’s Kataka city have refuted the allegations that a second-year undergraduate (UG) student was subjected to ragging by his seniors in the hostel. The varsity authorities claimed that there was a misunderstanding between a second-year UG student and some third-year students at Jagannath Hostel during an online mobile game…
Kataka: Tension prevailed at SCB Medical College and Hospital here today after the family members of a patient vehemently protested his mysterious death at the Mental Health Department of the hospital. One Srikant Das of Jajpur district was admitted at SCB Medical College and Hospital on September 28 for treatment as he has been suffering…
Bhubaneswar: BJP state spokesperson Anil Biswal Wednesday alleged that the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had exposed large-scale irregularities in the utilisation of mining-related funds during the previous BJD government headed by Naveen Patnaik. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters here, Biswal said the CAG report had highlighted serious…
Puri: The Gundicha temple in Puri, near the famous Jagannath temple, reopened for devotees Wednesday after a six-year hiatus, officials said. The temple doors opened at 7.45 am, after rituals were performed in the presence of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee, they said. The Gundicha temple had remained closed for the…
Bhubaneswar: Normal life was partially disrupted in parts of Odisha Wednesday due to a 12-hour bandh called by a farmers’ rights outfit over alleged large-scale errors in textbooks used in government schools, officials said. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed at several places in the state in the wake of the bandh call…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha received 29% excess rain in the four-months-long southwest monsoon season, which is set to conclude today. The four-month monsoon season, starting from June 1 and ending on September 30, had started on an extremely deficit note but it had ended rather wet. In Odisha, by June itself, the state faced nearly 47% deficit…
