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  • Light to moderate thunderstorms likely in these 3 districts

    Light to moderate thunderstorms likely in these 3 districts

    Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar on Saturday predicted a light to moderate thundershower in some parts of three districts of Odisha. The said three districts are Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur.

    People are advised to keep a watch on the weather and accordingly move to safer places to protect from lightning strike.

    The Meteorological centre has issued a yellow warning for rain for some places in North, interior, South and coastal parts of the state on 26th March. On March 27, there may be more rain in the North and coastal Odisha. According to the weather forecast center, rain is likely to occur in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Cuttack, Khorda, Ganjam, Gajapati, Nayagarh and Dhenkanal on 27th March.

  • Hemp worth Rs 40 lakh seized in Odisha’s Malkangiri district

    Hemp worth Rs 40 lakh seized in Odisha’s Malkangiri district

    Malkangiri: Around 390 kg of ganja (dry cannabis) worth Rs 40 lakh was seized by the excise official during a series of raids at multiple locations of the district on Friday.

    The excise superintendent and a special team constructed on the instructions of the district collector reportedly conducted a raid after obtaining a tip-off from a reliable source about the ganja.

    As per reports, the team intercepted a person who was moving in a suspicious manner near Pipalpadar area. They found some ganja in his possession while checking him.

    Later, the team searched his house and recovered around 330 kg of ganja. It is suspected that the person had stored the ganja to smuggle it to other parts of the country.

    In a similar case, around 30 kg of ganja was seized near Balimela. The team intercepted a person, who was allegedly transporting the contraband on a motorcycle.

    A senior official said that they seized around 390 kg of ganja, which had an estimated market value of around Rs 40 lakh from two persons. Two separate cases have been registered and further investigation in this connection is underway.

  • Tiger terror in Nuapada, people warned on PA system

    Tiger terror in Nuapada, people warned on PA system

    Nuapada: Tiger attacks in Nuapada has led to terror among villagers. The Forest Department on Saturday has cautioned the locals using a PA system.

    The Forest Department reached the village and recorded the footprints of the predator. The Department has cautioned that there are two tigers in the area.

    According to reports, it has been alleged that a calf of Mohradihi village was killed and eaten by a tiger in Nuapada district of Odisha.

    During the day, the predator lives in the protected forest adjacent to the Sunabeda Sanctuary. In the evening, the villagers have complained that the cows are being eaten by the tiger and the carcasses of the cattle are strewn in the forest floor area.

    A scary incident had taken place in Nuapada district of Odisha on Sunday evening. An old woman was attacked by a tiger behind her house on March 20, 2023.

    The incident took place in Jalamdei village under Komna police station under Sunabeda sanctuary of Nuapada district. The woman has been identified as Sanmati Barik, she is said to be around 65 years of age.

    According to information, yesterday evening, while collecting firewood in the backyard of her house in Jalamdei village, a tiger came and pounced on her. As she did not return home until late at night, the family searched for him but could not find her.

    The local people found the old woman’s dismembered body lying in the forest this morning. Half of the old woman’s body was seen eaten by a tiger. This could have been the work of a large tiger, said Sunabeda forest department ranger Shiva Prasad Khamari informed.

    Further detailed report awaited.

  • 5T Secretary visits Puri, will visit Cuttack later today

    5T Secretary visits Puri, will visit Cuttack later today

    Puri: The 5T Secretary of Odisha V. K. Pandian, has visited the famous Jagannath Temple Puri earlier on Saturday, said reliable reports.

    This morning, he went to Puri to see Lord Jagannath and reviewed the progress of the historic Heritage Corridor Project around the temple. The 5T Secretary supervised how much of the project work has been completed and how much is yet to be done.

    The 5T Secretary of Odisha discussed the progress of the work with the officials in the Green, the Yellow and the Buffer Zones. The target is to complete the construction work of the project before the next Rath Yatra.

    According to the instructions of the Chief Minister the 5T Secretary, Chief Secretary are going to Puri at different times and supervising the project work progress.

    Currently, the outer access road construction is under progress at a fast pace. After completion of this, inner access road, connection of outer access road with Meghnad wall will be undertaken.

    Later, the passenger waiting hall, meditation center, corridor to avoid traffic problem will be constructed.

    Later today, the 5T secretary is scheduled to visit the Silver City of Cuttack. The Cuttack District Collector informed that the 5T secretary will visit Cuttack today. In Cuttack he is scheduled to check the progress of the work in the famous Cuttack Chandi Temple.

  • CM Naveen wrote a letter to the Union Transport Minister

    CM Naveen wrote a letter to the Union Transport Minister

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written a letter to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday. The letter is on Cuttack-Angul-Sambalpur National Highway 55.

    It is worth mentioning that since 2017, this road work is being done by the National Highway Authority. Even after 5 years the work is still going on, said reports.

    The Chief Minister has expressed his concern in this regard in the letter. The National Highway 55 is the lifeline of West Odisha. Millions of people depend on this road.

    In two years as many as 399 accidents have occurred on the national highway. 196 people lost their lives. The Chief Minister requested the Union Transport Minister to intervene and complete this road work at the earliest.

  • Hundreds of fake certificates seized from Bolangir

    Hundreds of fake certificates seized from Bolangir

    Bolangir: Bolangir town police detained eight accused in case of job application by giving fake certificate for postal job in Bolangir district in Odisha. Hundreds of fake certificates have been seized.

    The police sources opened up facts about the fake certificate. Allegations of job applications by submitting fake certificate for postal job in Balangir. Balangir town police has detained eight accused persons.

    Hundreds of fake certificates seized by the police said reliable reports. Furthermore fake certificates were being made at a coaching center, found the police.

    More than 37 fake certificates were caught during the inspection of the postal department. Postal Superintendent Rajendra Kumar Patnaik said that the police will take action after this. The certificate appears to have been issued from UP. Suspicion of operating a fake certificate racket

  • One person died due to gas cylinder explosion

    One person died due to gas cylinder explosion

    Balasore: In a tragic incident, a man injured in the cylinder blast has succumbed to the injuries on Saturday, said reliable reports. The man was being treated in SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

    In the same incident, a newborn baby of 40 days was killed while four other members of the family were injured following an LPG cylinder blast in Odisha’s Balasore district on March 21, 2023.

    The mishap took place at Balaramgadi village of the district while the family members were busy preparing food for dinner.

    The intensity of the gas cylinder blast was so severe that the newborn died on the spot, said sources adding that other four family members sustained critical burn injuries.

    The injured persons were rescued by the neighbours and rushed to the local hospital for treatment, the sources further added.

  • Odisha 5T secretary reviews development works

    Odisha 5T secretary reviews development works

    Cuttack: The Odisha 5T Secretary V.K. Pandian reviewed the various of development work in and around the silver city of Cuttack, said reliable reports.

    The 5T Secretary first reached Khannagar. He reviewed the progress of the Netaji bus terminal work. Along with the 5T Secretary, the Cuttack District Collector Bhavani Shankar Chaini, Cuttack Commissioner, CDA Chairman and staff of the department were present.

    About 95 percent of the bus terminal has been completed, said reports. The 5T Secretary VK Pandian emphasized to complete the project within the stipulated time.

    Later, he review the status of renovation work of Talada Canal and Chandi Temple. He also visited Cuttack Chandi Mandir to check the progress of renovation work, said reliable reports on Saturday.

  • Girl wrote +2 exam immediately after snake bite

    Girl wrote +2 exam immediately after snake bite

    Keonjhar: In a laudable step, girl student appeared for +2 exams in the allotted centre immediately after being bitten by a snake in Keonjhar district of Odisha.

    According to reports, the student wrote her paper after reportedly being bitten by snake.

    But, while writing the exams, the authorities were forced to shift her to nearby hospital as she complained of uneasiness in the middle of the exam.

    Later on she had to be shifted to the Anandapur sub-divisional hospital as her health condition deteriorated.

    The girl has been identified as Lipsa. Further detailed report awaited in this matter.

  • Man killed by nephew for property in Mayurbhanj

    Man killed by nephew for property in Mayurbhanj

    Mayurbhanj: In a shocking incident, a man has been murdered by his nephew in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha on Saturday.

    According to reports, a man was attacked his nephew due to previous enmity. The incident has been reported from Nedovadi village under Jharpokharia police station of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

    Anil Mahanath died due to the attack of his nephew Rajkishore Mahanath. The Jharpokharia police are searching for the accused in various places.

    Detailed report is awaited in this matter.