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  • Temperature drops in Odisha due to Norwester rain, brings a sigh of relief from heat wave

    Temperature drops in Odisha due to Norwester rain, brings a sigh of relief from heat wave

    Bhubaneswar: Temperature has dropped in different places of the State due to the effect of Norwester rain. It has brought a sigh of relief from the scorching sunlight and heat wave. This weather condition will continue for another 4 days, informed the MeT Department.

    As per reports, different places of Odisha witnessed storm and rain due to the effect of Norwester in the last two to three days. Lightning, thunderstorm has been witnessed while rain has also lashed. Accordingly, it has brought temporary relief from the heat wave.

    It has been observed that while sunny weather is continuing in the day time, the Norwester is showing its effect in the evening hours. Accordingly, it is raining along with lightning, thunderstorm. And, this weather condition will continue for the coming four days, informed the MeT Department.

    In the meanwhile maximum day temperature has reached 42 degree Celcius in some places of the State. Yellow warning has been issued for as many as 19 districts regarding rain for today. Out of that gusty wind is likely to blow at a speed of 40 to 50 kmph in 14 districts.

  • Odisha: Naveen Patnaik Govt to complete 4 years of fifth term tomorrow

    Odisha: Naveen Patnaik Govt to complete 4 years of fifth term tomorrow

    Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik Government will complete 4 years of its fifth consecutive term in Odisha tomorrow. Many facelift projects have been taken up so far by the Government in disaster management, woman empowerment as well as in the education and health sectors. Even agriculture and Spots sectors have got new dimensions.

    In the last year of the fifth term, Naveen Patnaik Govt will have to tackle a number of challenges. The Govt will have to focus on the peaceful and successful organization of the world famous Rath Yatra and Snana Yatra.

    Similarly, the Govt is aiming to complete the ambitious Srimandira Heritage Corridor project before the upcoming car festival.

    The second challenge for this Govt will be to do the needful towards disaster management. The MeT department has predicted deficit rainfall in June during the monsoon season.

    About 65 percent people in Odisha depend upon Agriculture. Deficit rainfall will hamper farming. Hence, the Govt is required to focus on this subject as well.

    Another big task is to successfully execute the initial works of the upcoming Arcelor Mittal-Nippon Steel plant project in Kendrapara.

    The State will see General election next year. Keeping it on view new projects are likely to be announced while successful execution of the ongoing projects is also needed to be kept in focus.

  • Auto rickshaw driver shows humanity, returns bag containing gold jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh in Odisha

    Auto rickshaw driver shows humanity, returns bag containing gold jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh in Odisha

    Berhampur: An auto rickshaw driver has shown humanity by returns a bag containing gold jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh to passengers in Odisha’s Berhampur.

    Simanchal Patra, a military personnel of Om Vihar in Gosaninuagaon area, reached Berhampur station by train and then hired the auto rickshaw of one T Simadri to go to house relatives house.

    However, he accidentally left one bag in the three-wheeler after reaching destination. Sometime later Simadri spotted the back inside his vehicle. When inspected, he found gold jewellery along with several important documents.

    Soon, he went back to the address again and returned the bag to Simanchal without falling prey to greedy to own the valuables.

    Speaking about the incident, Simadri said that he felt extremely grateful for getting the opportunity to show some humanitarian action.

    On the other hand, Simanchal and his relatives thanked the auto driver’s act of humanity and were happy for getting the gold, money and gold safely.

    Meanwhile, other auto drivers along with the locals praised Simadri for his honesty.

  • 3 killed in three separate incidents of elephant attack in Odisha

    3 killed in three separate incidents of elephant attack in Odisha

    Balasore/Nayagarh/Khurda: At least three persons including a minor girl were killed in two separate incidents of elephant attack in Odisha’s Balasore, Nayagarh and Khurda districts.

    In the first incident, an 8-year-old girl died after an elephant entered the house and trampled her to death at Saralia Chitrasul village in Singakhunta area of Balasore district last night.

    The minor girl, who has been identified as Pari, the daughter of Nishikant Deuri, was asleep along with her family members. In the meantime, an elephant barged into their house.

    Soon, all the family members tried to run for life. While everyone managed to escape, Pari came across the jumbo, which trampled her. She was rushed to the Soro hospital in a critical condition. Unfortunately, doctors declared her brought dead.

    Likewise, a man died after a jumbo attacked him on Kamagura-Mayurjhalia road in Ranpur area in Nayagarh district.

    Similarly, one Satyabrata Behara of Natima village in Khurda district died when he was attacked by a pachyderm while he was going to Kamaguru village in a bicycle. He was a labourer and was going for daily work along with two others this morning. While two others managed to escape, Behara was attacked by the elephant and subsequently died on the spot.

  • Love Jihad in Khurda: Man lures woman into relationship using fake identity, arrested for blackmailing her

    Love Jihad in Khurda: Man lures woman into relationship using fake identity, arrested for blackmailing her

    Khurda: Khurda Model Police arrested a man for allegedly luring a woman into relationship by using fake identity and then blackmailing her after keeping physical relationship. The arrested person has been identified as Alim Uddin Shah alias Papu.

    As per the FIR filed by the victim at Khurda Model Police Station on May 23, Alim Uddin Shah identified himself as a Hindu and forced her to be in a relationship with him. He also kept physical relationship with her for the several years.

    The victim stopped to keep relationship with him after she knew that he was a Muslim and faked his identity as a Hindu. However, the accused forced her to keep relationship with him by threatening to circulate their intimate videos and images on social media platforms.

    “He forced me to love him by identifying himself as Papu Pradhan. But recently I came to know from my friends that he is a Muslim. And when I started to avoid him he threatened to kill me and my family members. He repeatedly raped me and now blackmailing to make the intimate videos and photos viral,” said the victim.

    Acting on the allegation, Khurda Model Police arrested the accused and forwarded him to the court yesterday. Further investigation into the matter is underway.

    Meanwhile, the victim has sought police protection siting threat to her life and that of her family members.

  • Odisha: Absconding minor girl’s killer arrested from Chhattisgarh

    Odisha: Absconding minor girl’s killer arrested from Chhattisgarh

    Bhubaneswar: The accused, who was on the run after killing a minor girl at Kuio village under Sadar police limits in Angul district earlier this month, has been arrested by Odisha police from Chhattisgarh.

    A special team of Angul district police arrested Ranjan Behera, the accused. However, the reason behind the murder is yet to be ascertained.

    It is to be noted here that Behera killed the minor girl, Khusi Sahu, by slitting her throat with a sharp weapon by forcibly entering her house on May 8. He fled from the spot after committing the crime.

    The family members immediately rescued Khusi in a critical state and rushed her to the Angul district headquarters hospital (DHH). However, she breathed her last while undergoing treatment.

    On being informed, the Sadar police had started an investigation into the matter. The cops had launched a manhunt to nab the accused and subsequently, they arrested him from Chhattisgarh yesterday.

    The police could trace and arrested the accused after he posted some photos of him with the girl on Facebook, said sources adding that the district police likely to conduct a press conference and brief more details about the crime.

  • Odisha govt withholds salary of principals & clerks of 233 degree colleges

    Odisha govt withholds salary of principals & clerks of 233 degree colleges

    Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education department of Odisha government has reportedly withheld the salary of principals and head clerks of 233 colleges for alleged gross negligence.

    In his letter to all the principals of those colleges, Ramakanta Nayak, the Special Secretary to State government, said, “You have failed to furnish the required information in response to the letters of the Assistant Director even after repeated reminders. It shows gross negligence in discharging government duty on your part along with failure to carry out instructions of authorities of the Higher Education Department.”

    “Therefore, you are directed not to draw and release the salary/remuneration for the month of May 2023 of the defaulting Principal as well as of the head clerk/clerk of your for such negligence till compliance to the orders of Assistant Director, Higher Education is made and clearance given from this end,” it added.

    Here are the list of colleges:

    1 from Bhadrak,
    1 from Boudh,
    1 from Kandhamal,
    1 from Malkangiri,
    1 from Nuapada,
    1 from Sonepur
    2 from Nabarangpur,
    3 from Deogarh,
    3 from Rayagada,
    4 from Gajapati,
    5 from Angul,
    5 from Koraput,
    5 from Kalahandi,
    5 colleges from Sundargarh
    6 from Jharsuguda,
    6 from Kendrapara,
    6 from Mayurbhanj,
    6 from Khurda,
    6 from Keonjhar,
    7 from Nayagarh,
    7 from Sambalpur,
    9 from Puri,
    12 from Balasore,
    12 from Jagatsinghpur,
    13 from Jajpur,
    13 from Dhenkanal,
    16 from Bargarh,
    18 from Ganjam,
    23 from Balangir,
    24 from Cuttack,

  • Online Slot Booking Mandatory For Land Registration In Odisha

    Online Slot Booking Mandatory For Land Registration In Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: Online slot booking mandatory has been made mandatory for land registration in Odisha.

    Inspector General of Registration Jyotiprakash Das has written to all officials concerned in this regard with a gazette notification attached to it.

    According to the notification, a person will give a certain date on which he/she has to reach Tehsil and Sub-Registrar office after the online slot booking. The sale and purchase agreement of lands will be made during that period.

    “If no prior appointment through online booking of slot has been taken, and the citizen has applied in writing with justification for not being able to do so, to the Registering Officer, for acceptance of the Document for Registration on demand, then on acceptance of the reasons by the Registering Officer and subject to availability of any time slot on that day be termed as ‘Tatkal’,” the notification said.

    Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallick said that this initiative is first-of-its-kind in India. “This will save people the trouble of running to different offices for the land registration unnecessarily,” she added.

  • Forest guard killed in Odisha, ex-sarpanch among 3 arrested

    Forest guard killed in Odisha, ex-sarpanch among 3 arrested

    Baripada: In the case of the case of the forest guard killed in Odisha, the police has arrested three persons including an ex-sarpanch. A number of country guns and other arms were seized from their possession during the raid.

    In a shocking incident on May 22, a forest guard was allegedly killed in firing by a group of poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district this evening. The deceased forest guard has been identified as Bimal Jena of Naana South Range.

    According sources, a team of forest officials had gone to the Similipal for a patrolling. In the meantime, Bimal saw some poachers and chased them with the aim to nab and seize their firearms.

    However, the poachers fired at Bimal. Hearing his screaming other forest officials rushed to the spot but by the time he he had already died.

    Soon, a team of cops from the Bangriposi police station reached the spot and started a probe into the matter with the help of the forest officials. A search operation also has been launched to trace the poachers.

    Meanwhile, Bimal’s body was being brought to the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College in Baripada for postmortem.

  • Metro railway project work in Odisha to start before 2023 end

    Metro railway project work in Odisha to start before 2023 end

    Bhubaneswar: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been called in as a consultant for the Metro railway project work in Odisha.

    The DMRC has been requested to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the metro railway project in Odisha.

    The Housing and Urban Development Minister, Usha Devi on Friday informed about the above progress in the Odisha metro railway work.

    The Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik had given his official approval to the project on Utkal Diwas that is April 1, 2023.

    Earlier on April 25, a city coordination committee meeting was conducted in BDA on Monday. The recently formed City Coordination Committee (CCC) focuses on instilling best practices and integration between various departments.

    City agencies working towards making the state capital far more liveable. The meeting focussed on various preparatory and planning works related to the proposed Metro in Bhubaneswar.