Nandapur: As many as 47,215 ration card beneficiaries in Koraput district have reportedly failed to complete the mandatory Aadhaar-based e-KYC process, raising concerns that their names could be struck off from the ration cards, depriving them of subsidised rice under food security schemes. According to...
Ganjam: Podampetta, an old village off the coast of the Bay of Bengal under Kantiagada panchayat in Ganjam district, is now completely deserted, after decades of sea erosion forced residents to relocate. Once home to over 500 fishers’ families, the village relied on the sea...
Jeypore: In a tragic incident, a man died of a suspected heart attack shortly after learning about his mother’s death, leaving a neighbourhood in shock as two funeral biers were carried out of the same house Tuesday. The deceased were identified as S. Sahibani (80),...
Morada: Panic gripped the Morada block of Mayurbhanj district following a reported outbreak of jaundice, with more than 25 children said to be affected in Khuruntia village under Palasamunduli panchayat. According to sources, at least seven students of the government upper primary school in the...
Rayagada : The Odisha government Tuesday halted the salaries of five teachers and issued show-cause notices to other staff of a state-run high school in Rayagada district, a day after four students sustained severe burn injuries in a fire incident on the premises of the...
Balasore: Sahadevkhunta police Tuesday arrested a woman drug peddler and seized 103 grammes of brown sugar during a raid at Arad Bazaar Masjid Lane in Balasore town. The accused has been identifi ed as Suramatun Bibi (28), a resident of the Masjid Lane area. Police...
Bhuban: A 65-year-old farmer sustained grievous injuries after a wild boar attacked him on his farmland in Ektaali village under Bhuban police limits in Dhenkanal district Tuesday, officials said. The injured farmer was identified as Arun Mantri. Mantri had gone to his groundnut field in...
Berhampur: Ganjam excise and intelligence department jointly nabbed two drug peddlers from Berhampur railway station Tuesday. The accused were identified as Naresh Dalai and Rakesh Swain of Kabisuryanagar block. They were allegedly carrying about 156 grams of brown sugar from Bhadrak by a train, said...
Digapahandi: A crocodile census began Tuesday at Ghodahada Dam under the Berhampur Forest Division of the state Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department. The dam is witnessing a rise in crocodile population since 2022. The three-day exercise is being conducted in the dam near Khamari...
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Excise department, during a special drive, seized 282 litres of illicit distilled liquor (IDL) and five litres of country-made liquor in separate operations Tuesday and arrested five persons from the Mancheswar Line Sahi, Jaripatna, Nilachakra Nagar and IDCO slum areas. The identities...
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