Jharsuguda: Rengali police arrested a murder accused who had been absconding for nearly 28 years after he allegedly returned to his native village to sell a plot of land, police said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Nilamani Mahanand (53) of Bundupali village under Rengali police station limits. He had escaped from police…
Jharsuguda: A school bus carrying students of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya was stuck on a muddy temporary diversion road in Lakhanpur block of Jharsuguda district on Monday morning.The bus was on its way to the school when it ran into trouble near an under-construction culvert on the main approach road, forcing vehicles to use an earthen…
Jharsuguda: A man was allegedly forced to take the body of his deceased wife home on a motorcycle as a hearse van was reportedly unavailable at Mundrajore community health centre (CHC) on Sunday morning.Deceased Jamuna Chhatria (55), a resident of Udiapali village in Laikera block, was taken to Mundrajore CHC by her husband Naresh Chhatria…
Jharsuguda: The blood-stained body of a 39-year-old man was found by the roadside in Muchbahal area under Belpahar police station limits on Friday. Police suspect it to be a murder.The deceased was identified as Srujan Kumar, 39, of Gumla village in Jharkhand. He had been living in Muchbahal for around 20 years and worked as…
Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India has appointed 10 senior IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers for Odisha to oversee the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Additional chief electoral officer-cum-special secretary Sushant Kumar Mishra issued instructions assigning the officers to districts.Rajesh Prabhakar Patil will cover Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Jajpur ; Aravind Agrawal, Balasore,…
The venue in Sambalpur where Union home minister Amit Shah was scheduled to attend a programme Bhubaneswar: Union home minister Amit Shah cancelled his Odisha tour, while chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi left for Delhi on Thursday. Two apparently unrelated events, but between them they have set the state’s political circles abuzz with speculation of…
Jharsuguda: Rengali police on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old woman and her 44-year-old male companion for the alleged murder of her husband and dumping his body in a field at Sagarpali, Sahupada, under Rengali police station in Jharsuguda district early on Wednesday.Police identified the accused as Gita Mirdha and Tiknu Kishan, a resident of Sundargarh, presently…
Thunderstorm activity accompanied with lightning and gusty surface wind warning would continue in several districts on Tuesday Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon advanced to some more parts, covering major portion of the state so far, an IMD bulletin said on Monday.This was amid an overcast sky or light to moderate rain or thundershower continued at several…
Security has been beefed up ahead of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Saturday Bhubaneswar: In a rare joint public appearance, President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday launch projects worth over Rs 47,600 crore in Odisha, as chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi completes two years in…
Bhubaneswar received 3.4mm rainfall on Thursday Bhubaneswar: The weather office on Thursday forecast light to moderate rainfall or thundershower activity at a few places across the state likely during the next 24 hours. Rainfall activity is expected to intensify and become more widespread from Friday, covering many districts and contributing to a gradual moderation in…
