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BHUBANESWAR: Several people are feared dead after a massive rock collapse at a stone quarry in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday evening at a quarry near Gopalpur village under Motanga police station limits, when workers were engaged in drilling and stone exploration. A large section of rocks reportedly…
A team conducts the survey on Saturday Berhampur: First phase of the tiger census in forest areas under Berhampur forest circle started on Friday and will continue till Jan 15.The exercise is part of the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE)-2026, which is being conducted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute…
The vessel moving in the Chilika amid the dense fog Berhampur: A 58-year-old man died in the Chilika lake after he accidentally fell off a floating bridge vessel near Satapada on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Uma Shankar Sabat of Berhampur and was currently staying at Balimela in Malkangiri district, police said.Local fishermen…
BHUBANESWAR: On New Year’s Day, Thursday, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi issued a 15-point directive to newly appointed chief secretary Anu Garg, setting an aggressive agenda to make the administration more dynamic, clean and people-centric.Aligning the instructions with Odisha Vision 2036 and 2047, Majhi asked the bureaucracy to prioritise knowledge-driven industries and the services sector,…
Bhubaneswar: The Puri Jagannath Temple is now under an extensive CCTV surveillance network to ensure smooth crowd management and heightened security during the New Year rush. A total of 344 cameras were strategically installed in and around the shrine, supported by the deployment of 70 platoons of police forces to maintain order and safeguard devotees.“Our…
Berhampur. Cyber police recovered Rs 1.67 lakh out of Rs 7.7 lakh that was fradulently taken by cyber criminals from a woman in Berhampur about five months ago. The victim, an employee of a private bank, lodged the complaint in cyber police station on July 8 after she realised that she has been duped.Police said…
Many of the superfast, express and local trains were also running late. Bhubaneswar: Air, rail and road traffic were severely delayed on Thursday as dense fog enveloped large parts of Odisha, including the capital, inconveniencing passengers.Niraj Kumar, a professor at a private university, said many flights got delayed at the city airport. “Many passengers could…
Ganesh Uike (left) was gunned down along with three associates in an early-morning encounter. BHUBANESWAR: Maoist central committee (CC) member and Odisha in-charge, Ganesh Uike (69), was among four Naxals killed in an encounter with security forces in Kandhamal district on Thursday. This brings the total number of Maoists killed in the district to six…
BHUBANESWAR: The school and mass education department on Monday ordered an inquiry into the incident where school students were made to sit near toilets in a train due to lack of confirmed tickets during their return journey to Odisha after participating in the 69th National School Games in Uttar Pradesh.The department sent 18 student athletes…
Jagatsinghpur worker returns from conflict-torn Sudan BHUBANESWAR: When Jagatsinghpur native Adarsh Behera received a job offer in 2022 from a plastic manufacturing company in Sudan, he hoped to make life better for his seven-member family that struggled to make ends meet through farming. However, his ordeal began in April 2023 when civil war broke out…
