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Unidentified miscreants attempt to loot SBI branch in Mayurbhanj district
Minor girl raped while returning home from college in Sambalpur district, accused detained
Minor girl raped while returning home from college in Sambalpur district, accused detained
Illegal maize farming eats into Kalahandi reserve forest
Mayurbhanj farmers turn away from dairy
VWDT: Month long stir against government’s indifference
Unidentified miscreants attempt to loot SBI branch in Mayurbhanj district
Baripada: Some unidentified miscreants attempted to loot the Jashipur branch of State Bank of India (SBI) in Mayurbhanj district late Saturday night. However, the loot bid has failed, a source in the bank said. According to a bank official, a...
Minor girl raped while returning home from college in Sambalpur district, accused detained
Sambalpur: A minor girl student of Class XII was allegedly raped by a youth while she was on her way back home from college in Badamal police outpost limits of Sambalpur district Saturday afternoon. After getting to know about the...
Illegal maize farming eats into Kalahandi reserve forest
Koksara: Sahajkhol reserve forest in Kalahandi district has turned into a safe haven for the maize mafias, a report said. The mafias have reportedly encroached upon 12,989 hectares of forest land under Dharmagarh forest range in Kalahandi southern forest division...
Mayurbhanj farmers turn away from dairy
Baripada: Many farmers have become self-sufficient by taking up dairy farming. However, due to sale of milk at lesser prices and absence of refrigeration facilities, farmers incur heavy losses. Absence of a processing plant in the district of Mayurbhanj is...
VWDT: Month long stir against government’s indifference
Gunupur: After the Vamsadhara Water Dispute Tribunal (VWDT) allowed the Andhra Pradesh government to construct a barrage at Neredi across Vamsadhara and directed the state government to acquire land for the project, such decisions of the tribunals and the inaction...
Odisha registers 1,437 new Covid-19 cases; 64 more fatalities
Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,437 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,78,705. The active caseload in the state now stands at 15,858. Out of the 1,437 new infections, 832 were reported...
Malls, parks to reopen in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday announced further relaxations to Covid-induced partial lockdown which will remain in force from August 1 till September 1. Briefing about the unlock process, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena said since as many as 27 districts have been reporting far less number of daily positive cases,...
Read moreHalt in fuel price revision continues, global oil rates above $75/bbl
New Delhi: Oil marketing companies (OMC) kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged for the 15th straight day. In the national capital, petrol continued to be sold for Rs 101.84 per litre, while diesel was being sold at the unchanged rate of Rs 89.87 a litre Sunday. The pump price of fuel has been static since July 18. One of the main reasons for the pause is an over 10 per cent...
Read moreFlash floods: Himachal CM deploys his chopper for evacuation
Shimla: Setting an example, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur deployed his newly acquired 16-seater chopper for ferrying at least 66 people stranded in the Himalayan heights. As the weather cleared Sunday after days, Thakur directed authorities to deploy his chopper in its maiden flight for the evacuation of the people, including tourists, who have been stranded in the remote landlocked Lahaul-Spiti district for five days after roads closed down due...
Read moreDeath toll in Afghanistan flash floods reaches 113
Kabul: The death toll from last weeks flash floods in Afghanistan eastern province of Nuristan has increased to 113 with dozens still missing, an officials said, adding that 70 more were injured. The floods occurred July 28 as a result to heavy rains in Kamdish district, reports TOLO News. "Some are still missing, while 12 km of road has been destroyed and 173 houses were totally damaged," State Minister on Natural...
Read moreIndia logs single-day rise of 41,831 new Covid cases, 541 deaths
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 41,831 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 3,16,55,824, while the cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 47 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,24,351 with 541 daily fatalities. Registering an increase for the fifth consecutive cases, the active cases have climbed to 4,10,952 and comprises 1.30 per cent of the total...
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Unidentified miscreants attempt to loot SBI branch in Mayurbhanj district
Baripada: Some unidentified miscreants attempted to loot the Jashipur branch of State Bank of India (SBI) in Mayurbhanj district late Saturday night. However, the loot bid has failed, a source in the bank said. According to a bank official, a gang of miscreants broke open a door of the SBI’s branch office at Jashipur late at night...
Minor girl raped while returning home from college in Sambalpur district, accused detained
Sambalpur: A minor girl student of Class XII was allegedly raped by a youth while she was on her way back home from college in Badamal police outpost limits of Sambalpur district Saturday afternoon. After getting to know about the incident, father of the rape survivor lodged an FIR with Badamal police later in the day. Swinging...
Woman shot dead in Nuapada; past enmity suspected
Nuapada: A woman was allegedly shot dead at Duajhar village under Khariar block in Nuapada district Saturday night. Past enmity is said to be the reason behind the crime. The deceased has been identified as Basanti Meher (47), wife of Bibhishan Meher, who runs an eatery in the locality. According to a source, Basanti was at their...
Bhitarkanika National Park to reopen from August 5
Kendrapara: After remaining closed for three months, Bhitarkanika National Park (BNP) in Kendrapara district will reopen from August 5. The national park, under Rajnagar block in Kendrapara district, had been kept out of bounds for visitors from May 1 till July 31 owing to the beginning of breeding season of the endangered estuarine crocodiles. During mating season,...
Aussie McKeon leaves Tokyo with 7 swim medals
Tokyo: Emma McKeon won two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics Sunday, making the Australian the first woman to earn seven medals in swimming at a single games. She set an Olympic record to win the 50-meter freestyle in 23.81 seconds, completing the sprint double after her victory in the 100. Thirty minutes later, McKeon dived...
Olympic swimming ends with splashy new records, US gold
Tokyo: Caeleb Dressel finished off his gold rush at the Tokyo Olympics with two more dazzling swims. The guy who dreads all the attention won't be able to escape it now. He's one of the greatest Olympians ever. The 24-year-old Floridian captured his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Tokyo Games Sunday, while Australia's Emma McKeon...
Germany, Australia win to set up semifinal meeting in men’s hockey
Tokyo: Heavyweights Australia and Germany will meet in the semifinals of the men's hockey competition at the Tokyo Olympics after winning their respective last-eight matches on a thrilling Sunday morning here. Pool B runners up Germany booked their fifth successive semifinal appearance with a fine win over Rio 2016 gold medallists Argentina, with exquisite penalty corner goals...
POCO F3 GT looks like an all rounder in crowded mid-segment
New Delhi: Aiming to offer top-notch devices for the users in the super-crowded mid-premium price segment in India, smartphone brand POCO has unveiled another device -- POCO F3 GT -- that features the latest 6nm Dimensity 1200 chipset for top-end performance. The smartphone comes in three storage variants -- 6GB+128GB, 8GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB -- for Rs 25,999,...
Halt in fuel price revision continues, global oil rates above $75/bbl
New Delhi: Oil marketing companies (OMC) kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged for the 15th straight day. In the national capital, petrol continued to be sold for Rs 101.84 per litre, while diesel was being sold at the unchanged rate of Rs 89.87 a litre Sunday. The pump price of fuel has been static since July 18....
Flash floods: Himachal CM deploys his chopper for evacuation
Shimla: Setting an example, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur deployed his newly acquired 16-seater chopper for ferrying at least 66 people stranded in the Himalayan heights. As the weather cleared Sunday after days, Thakur directed authorities to deploy his chopper in its maiden flight for the evacuation of the people, including tourists, who have been stranded...
