Sonepur/Patana: Three persons were killed while another sustained critical injuries in separate road mishaps in Subarnapur and Keonjhar districts Saturday. In the first incident, the driver and the helper of a passenger bus were killed after the bus hit an unknown truck from behind near Haradkhol village on NH57, under Sonepur police station limits in Subarnapur district,...

Rourkela: Members of ‘Geetimalya’, an organisation dedicated to music in this town, especially ‘Rabindra Sangeet’, have decided to celebrate the 163rd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore innovatively this year. Tagore’s birthday is on May 7, but the programme will be held May 12. To celebrate the occasion, members of ‘Geetimalya’ will sing 20 famous Rabindra Sangeet songs...

Nayagarh: Quacks and fake doctors are ruling the roost in this district as proper punitive action is not being taken against them by either the Health department or the police, sources said Sunday. This, however, is not a problem that has cropped up suddenly. It has been there for close to two decades now. The district hit...

Keonjhar: Residents of Gobindpur locality in this town are vehemently opposing the move to cut 12 very old mango trees by an ‘influential’ person of Ward No-11. They are angry that the Forest department has given him the permission to mow down the trees. They asserted that the need of the hour is to plant trees and...

I n a significant development amid a low voter turnout in the initial two phases of the ongoing general elections, the Supreme Court has sought a response from the Election Commission of India regarding the protocol to be followed if NOTA (none of the above) option surpasses the number of votes received by the candidates in a...

Ganjam: In a tragic road mishap, 12 labourers were rendered hurt after a borewell drilling vehicle overturned on Taptapani Ghati road in Ganjam district Sunday morning. Among them, five persons sustained critical injuries and are currently, undergoing treatment at the Digapahandi hospital. Reports said, the borewelldrilling vehicle carrying 12 labourers was heading towards Berhampur from Katama village...

Baliapal: In a tragic incident, a two-year-old child drowned in a pond at Sunarui village under this block of Balasore district Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Anshuman Panigrahi, the only son of Kunjabihari Panigrahi of the village. As per reports, when the family members were busy doing household chores Sunday morning, Anshuman went to...

Bhubaneswar: In yet another case of cyber fraud, the Commissionerate Police Sunday busted a fake online job racket and arrested three men who allegedly duped a man to the extent of Rs 2.5 lakh. The accused men lured the victims into their trap by offering money, in exchange for five-star ratings to hotels and restaurants, said ACP...

Bhubaneswar: After completing a six-month paid internship programme in Singapore, 24 students from World Skill Center (WSC) returned to the state Sunday. Following their arrival at the Bhubaneswar International Airport from a direct flight from Singapore, students were received by WSC officials. Under WSC’s ‘Student Internship Programme’, 2022- 23 batch students from the ‘School of Engineering’ and...

Bhubaneswar: Forecasting severe heatwave conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday issued a red alert for 15 out of 30 districts of the state for April 29. The districts are Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Nuapada, Bolangir, Subarnapur, Boudh, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Khurda, and Jajpur. Meanwhile, the state continued to reel under severe heatwave conditions with...