Basudevpur: Floodwaters may have cut off roads and homes, but they could not come between sisters and their brothers on Raksha Bandhan.In an emotional display of sibling love, sisters in Jagannathprasad panchayat of Bhadrak district in Odisha waded through waist-deep floodwater to reach their brothers and tie Rakhi on their wrists.With Rakhi, sandalwood paste, flowers,…
Kataka: A data entry operator of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Kataka has been arrested in connection with alleged financial fraud to the tune of Rs 1.40 crore.Sources said the accused was arrested by Mangalabag police following a complaint lodged by the Superintendent of SCB Medical College and Hospital over alleged manipulation of…
Baragada: Three people from Baragada district of Odisha, including a two-year-old girl, are feared missing following the devastating flash floods in Nepal, officials said on Friday.The missing persons have been identified as Gunnam Jayakrishna, Gunnam Sai Bindu Kumari and her two-year-old daughter, residents of Sarla village under Jampali GP of Bargarh district.According to reports, Jayakrishna…
Eight fishermen who had remained stranded at sea for 28 days after their fishing trawler developed an engine failure have been rescued safely. The fishermen were located along with their trawler around 100 km from the Digha estuary, near the Odisha-West Bengal coastal region, sources said on Thursday.The trawler had sailed from Andhra Pradesh about…
Dhusuri: A 100-foot section of the National Highway 20 concrete road near Bodak under Olag panchayat in Bhadrak district caved in Wednesday night following low-pressure-triggered heavy rainfall in the past few weeks. Plying of commercial vehicles was disrupted as a stretch of 1.5 km has also weakened.Incessant rainfall over the past few weeks has affected…
Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested Shabda Swain, the then Branch Post Master of Bonda in Baragada district of Odisha, in a post office savings fraud case.According to the central agency, Shabda Swain during her posting as Branch Post Master of Bonda Post Office during the period 2008 to 2014, misappropriated Rs…
Baripada: The family of 22-year-old Kulsum Nigara in Baripada heaved a sigh of relief after receiving information that she is safe in Nepal. Kulsum had been uncontactable since August 25 while on a trekking trip to Pokhara, amid reports of devastating floods in the neighbouring country.Kulsum, a resident of Ward No. 23 in Baripada city…
Residents of Odisha’s remote border district of Malkangiri are set to witness a long-awaited milestone. Direct commercial flights connecting Malkangiri to the state capital Bhubaneswar will officially begin on 3 September, marking a historic leap in regional connectivity.For years, people from this far-flung district have dreamed of easier access to Bhubaneswar. That dream is now…
KANTABANJI, correspondence : On the occasion of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the Odisha Janata Congress organised a fruit juice and sweets distribution programme in Kantabanji town to promote communal harmony, brotherhood and social solidarity. District president Rupesh Behera, youth leader Arun Kumar Tandi, leader Debadatta Majhkhand, Gupateswar Behera, Pradyumna Bahidar, state secretary Bikash Behera, Pinku Dalei, Suramya…
Today i.e. on 26.08.2026, Sangram Pattnaik, Ex-Junior Clerk, Padmapur CHC, Kendujhar, A/p-Sr. Clerk, Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar, who was charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance U/s 13(2) r/w 13 (1)(c)(d) PC Act,1988/409/477-A/435/201 IPC *for misappropriation of GPF refund amount of health workers during the year 1999 to 2003 without remitting the same to AG, Odisha, Bhubaneswar after…
