Seven injured as tipper turns turtle at Jeypore
Jeypore: At least seven persons were injured after a tipper truck overturned on NH-24 near Tariniput Chhak under Sadar police limits here on Monday.
According to reports, the accident took…
Labour unrest at Visa Steel after cease-work notice
Jajpur: Thousands of workers and employees of Visa Steel Plant at Kalinga Nagar staged a dharna on Biju Patnaik Marg on Monday opposing temporary shut down of the unit.
The agitators later…
ITER fake recruitment row: Students stage demo accusing authorities of not ‘keeping…
Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of students of the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) staged a massive demonstration before the main gate of the institute, accusing the authorities…
One more person succumbs to swine flu, toll rises to 17
Cuttack: Swine flu claimed one more life late on Sunday, taking the death toll in the state this season to 17.
The deceased was identified as Sumitra Biswal (36), a native of Balasore. The…
Close shave for kids as school bus crashes into electric pole
Bhubaneswar: Students of Sai International School had a narrow escape when the bus in which they were travelling rammed a roadside electric pole near Jagannath Temple at Baramunda here on…
Swine flu toll rises to 16 with two more deaths
Bhubaneswar: Two more persons succumbed to swine flu on Sunday, taking the death toll to 16 in the state this season.
The day also saw 11 more persons testing positive for the H1N1 virus.…
One dead in van-bike collision at Berhampur
Berhampur: A motorcyclist was killed following a head-on collision with a pick-up van on the national highway at Berhampur in Ganjam district on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as…
Youth shot at in state capital
Bhubaneswar: A youth was injured in a firing incident at Sijua here on Sunday.
According to reports, two motorcycle-borne miscreants fired on the youth and immediately fled the spot.
The…
Three arrested with 160 gram of brown sugar
Cuttack: Excise sleuths on Sunday arrested three persons at Patara Sahi near Cuttack railway station and seized 160 gram of brown sugar from their possession.
Among those arrested, two…
‘Stop buying Chinese products’
Bhubaneswar: Infiltration by Chinese soldiers into Indian territory has become a matter of grave concern for the last couple of months and it's high time intellectuals initiate measures to…