The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has begun a probe into an occurrence of communal violence last week in Bhadrak where curfew was reimposed till Monday morning. The curfew, which was first imposed on Friday, was relaxed from 8am to 11am on Sunday. While it was extended till noon[Read More…]
Curfew in Bhadrak, Odisha was eased for four hours on Sunday. The Bhadrak town had witnessed violence triggered by alleged abusive remarks against Hindu deities. The curfew has been imposed on Friday and was eased from 8 AM to 11 Am on Sunday which later extended till 12 in the[Read More…]
A blast was triggered by suspected Maoists at Doikallu railway station in Rayagada district. They also abducted a couple of railway officials and snatched a few walkie-talkies used by the railway employees. However, no railway staff or local people were hurt. “Around 15-20 Maoists arrived at Doikallu railway station in[Read More…]
Former Rajya Sabha MP and president of Odisha Janamorcha party Pyari Mohan Mohapatra died in Mumbai after a prolonged illness on Sunday at the age of 77. Mohapatra passed away at 9.48 pm at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. He was also called ‘Chanakya of Odisha politics.’ Odisha chief minister Naveen[Read More…]
Bihar topped the list of the state with most number of electrified villages during the year 2015-2016. Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan hold the next positions respectively. The number of villages electrified in Bihar raised to 1754 in 2015-16 from 341 in 2014-15.[Read More…]
Over 76% voters across 28 districts in Odisha have caste their votes on Sunday in the fourth phase of polling for the ongoing Panchayat elections. The polling were held peacefully in one of the most Maoist-hit districts of India. However there were minor disturbances over defects in ballot papers, said[Read More…]
Seven security personnel were killed on Wednesday after Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) blasted a police vehicle using landmines in the hilly Sunki-Salur road near Koraput’s Pottangi. The incident broke the calmness after last year’s anti-Naxal operation by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police in Malkangiri. Five others were severelly injured and[Read More…]
After a high school teacher in Odisha’s Angul district allegedly told “Darling, I love you” to a class VIII girl student, the teacher was made to prostrate in front of the girl and seek an apology. He was later forced to resign. The teacher named Laxminarayan Prasad Bhujabal (37) was[Read More…]
A government-run upper primary school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district saw as many as 34 of its students hospitalised after a mid-day meal curry contained dead caterpillars. The incident took place at Arteswar upper primary school in Jagannathpur village and the food was thrown away after one of the students found[Read More…]
Eight elephants, including a calf and tusker, are stranded on an isle in Odisha’s Keonjhar district since Sunday night. The herd was caught on the isle as they tried to rescue the three-month-old calf. Locals have been trying to feed the herd by giving them paddy, coconut and bamboo leaves.[Read More…]
In a shocking incident of apathy, a man from Odisha was forced to carry the dead body of his wife for more than 10 km as he did not have money to afford a hearse van and hospital authorities did not offer him a vehicle or an ambulance. The incident[Read More…]
