Govt forms expert panel to study rise in lightning deaths
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Tuesday decided to constitute an expert committee to study causes behind the spurt in lightning deaths in Odisha.
According to government reports, the…
Swine flu claims two more lives in state
Bhubaneswar: Two more persons lost their lives to swine flu on Tuesday, taking this season's death toll to three.
While one death was reported from Cuttack, another person succumbed to the…
One dead, 5 injured as truck hits auto in Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal: A person was killed while five others were critically injured when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by an over-speeding truck on NH-55 near Gobindpur in…
Mahanadi water row: Odisha takes protest to Delhi streets
Bhubaneswar: To reiterate the demand for formation of a tribunal to resolve the Mahandi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, over 200 members of Agami Odisha, a regional outfit, on…
KV urges CM to resolve Odisha Rajaswa Amala Sangha’s to avoid logjam in state…
Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha Rajaswa Amala Sangha staging a two-day black badge protest from Wednesday, BJP legislature party leader KV Singh Deo on Tuesday wrote to chief minister Naveen…
Illegal RSP tender: CBI raids Rourkela businessman
Rourkela: The CBI sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids on two business establishments, office and residence of Rourkela-based businessman Surendra Dua for his alleged links in a…
Puri-Habibganj weekly train cancelled for Wednesday
Puri: The special express train between Puri and Habibganj (Madhya Pradesh) will not run this Wednesday.
A East Coast Railway notification said, "The weekly train from Puri to Habibganj…
Govt to provide land to urban slum dwellers
Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved allotment of permanent land pattas to urban slum dwellers.
Terming it as a historic decision, the chief minister said while land rights…
Sisters teach ‘street romeo’ a lesson in Balasore
Balasore: Two sisters on Tuesday thrashed a boy for allegedly passing lewd comments and harassing them over phone.
The incident took place at Boita Chhak under Srijung panchayat of Remuna…
Denied ambulance woman delivers stillborn baby in sling
Kalyansinghpur: In another case of ambulance failure due to lack of motorable road, a woman delivered a dead girl child while being carried to hospital in a sling on Tuesday.
The incident…