Ekamra Walks: City heritage depicting Shakti and her 108 forms
Bhubaneswar: With Durga Puja round the corner and worshipping of the goddess on in several temples in Old Bhubaneswar, participants of 41st Ekamra Walks were introduced to Shakti or Durga…
Anganwadi workers gherao ICDS office in Jajpur over pay hike
Jajpur: Hundreds of Anganwadi workers staged a mass demonstration before the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) office at Dharmasala in Jajpur district on Monday seeking…
Visible collars on street dogs to reduce accidents
Bhubaneswar: Animal Welfare Trust Ekamra, a body working for animal rights, has started a campaign, 'Illuminating Lives' ostensibly to make animals visible even in the dark so that…
Girl playing Blue Whale game attempts suicide, rescued
Jharsuguda: A girl student of a Bhubaneswar-based nursing college was rescued while allegedly trying to attempt suicide playing the deadly Blue Whale online game.
The victim, a native of…
Miscreants attack toll plaza staff in Balasore, decamp with Rs 60L
Balasore: A group of unidentified miscreants attacked two employees of Shergada Toll Gate in Balasore district and decamped Rs 60 lakh.
According to reports, four miscreants intercepted a…
Two arrested with explosives in Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal: Two people were arrested and a huge cache of explosives seized from them in Dhenkanal district on Monday.
According to police sources, the raids were carried out by team of…
Kalyansinghpur residents block NH over absence of docs in hosp
Kalyansinghpur: Residents of Kalyansinghpur in Dhenkanal district staged a blockade on National Highway-53 at Muktapasi to protest against absence of doctors in a local health centre.
"No…
BJD MLA Pravat Biswal shifted to SCB for better treatment
Bhubaneswar: BJD’s Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Pravat Biswal, who is currently in judicial custody, was shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on Monday. He had been undergoing…
2 engineers arrested for Bargarh bridge collapse
Bhubaneswar: Assistant Executive Engineer Kamalakanta Taria and Junior Engineer Manoranjan Mohapatra, earlier suspended by the the Rural Development Department, were arrested on Monday in…
Nandankanan’s lone zebra found dead
Bhubaneswar: Nandankanan Zoological Park here lost its lone male zebra, who was found dead in its enclosure on Monday morning. It is suspected that the animal died in lighting strike.…