Rourkela: In a tragic mishap, a five year-old boy drowned in an open water tank in a Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) unit in Rourkela in Odisha’s Sundargarh district here today. The minor boy was identified as Serun Badaik, son of Rohit Badaik, a resident of Chhend Bidyut Colony in the Steel City. As per reports, after…
Kochi: The scientists of the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) have embarked on a two-week-long outreach programme to directly engage with fish farmers and fishermen across the country as part of the ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ programme of the Central government. ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ is a nationwide campaign by the Ministry of Agriculture and…
Berhampur: In a bizarre incident a rare incident has been witnessed in Ganjam district of Odisha lately. In the incident, that seems like the plot of a film, a letter was found along with a stolen bike in Berhampur in which the thief not only apologized for stealing the bike but also said that theft was…
Rayagada:(Correspondent):- Based on credible information regarding collection of huge illegal cash from Contractors, on 28.05.2025, a short while ago, Sri Sahadev Kisan, Superintending Engineer (SE), P.H, Rayagada was intercepted by a team of Odisha Vigilance at Rayagada while he was proceeding from his office to his residential Govt. quarter with unaccounted cash by his office…
Odisha Vigilance officials have apprehended Revenue Inspector Sashi Bhusan Behera and private individual Bishnu Ballav Khatua on charges of bribery. The duo was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting Rs 60,000 to facilitate favourable reports in four mutation cases at Gandanali Revenue Circle, Hindol Tahasil, Dhenkanal district. Following complaints of undue delay and demands for bribes,…
Khurda, 28/5:A minor soil caving in occurred this afternoon at Tunnel No. 4 on the Khurda-Bolangir Railway line, it is due to loose soil formation and continuous rainfall in the area. There has been no impact on manpower or machinery, and the incident will not affect the overall progress of the project. All necessary safety…
A 32-year-old auto driver, Rankanidhi Sahoo, became the latest victim of mobile theft in Bhubaneswar when his mobile phone was stolen by a passenger, Mithun Paikray, on May 19, 2025. The incident occurred while Sahoo was ferrying passengers from Rasulgarh to Baramunda. Paikray, a 28-year-old resident of Paikray Sahi, Baramunda, allegedly borrowed Sahoo’s phone under…
Chatrapur: Dengue is spreading rapidly in the Bada Arjyapalli village in Chatrapur of Ganjam district. The contagious disease claimed the life of one minor while five cases of Dengue have been reported from the village. A health team under the leadership of Dr. Swadhin Kumar Rath of Munisipentha Community Health Centre (CHC) reached the village and…
Bhadrak: A family and locals staged a roadblock and burned tires in front of a private diagnostic centre in Bhadrak district over alleged medical negligence on the part of a diagnostic centre that led to the birth of a stillborn baby in the mother’s womb. According to reports, Basanti Raut, a resident of Radhanga village…
Malkangiri: The Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur police performed the last rites of CPI Mao top leader Basavaraju and 8 others. The police did not hand over their bodies to their family members. It has been over 7 days to the encounter and the bodies had started to rot. The police instead of handing over the bodies to their…
