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Road accident - accident in Odisha's Sundargarh

Three killed in road accident in Odisha

Phulbani: Three persons were killed and two others injured when a motorbike collided head-on with a car in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said Saturday. The accident took place on Ghat road in Sripalla Ghati under the jurisdiction of G Udayagiri police station Friday night, the...

Land issues

Sambalpur schools riddled with unresolved land issues

Sambalpur: Most state-run primary schools across Sambalpur district are embroiled in long-standing land issues, which remain unresolved despite government assurances. While most of the high schools and higher secondary schools have been granted permanent land pattas, nearly 90 per cent of primary schools running in...

Man bludgeons wife

Man bludgeons wife to death

Rourkela: A drunken man bludgeoned his wife to death in a fit of rage Friday after an argument broke out between the couple near a brick kiln in Kalaitola village under Sundargarh Town police station. The accused, Manglu Oram, 45, and his wife, Emen Oram,...

Forester injured in bear attack while dousing fire

Bhanjanagar: A forester was seriously injured in a bear attack while trying to douse a fire in Tarasingh range of the North Ghumusar forest division late Friday night. The injured forester, Kala Badan Das, was admitted to Bhanjanagar Hospital in critical condition. As his condition...

Road accident

Truck runs over teen in cement factory

Jajpur: A teenager was killed in a truck accident at the Ramco Cement Factory near Haridaspur in Jajpur district Friday morning at 9:30am, police said Saturday. The deceased, identified as Madhab Das, 17, son of Gopinath Das of Shyamsundarpur village under Jenapur police limits, was...

Shock Free Zone

2km radius around Debrigarh Sanctury declared shock free

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Two kilometer zone around the Debrigarh Sanctuary (DS) has been declared as ‘Shock Free Zone’ and ‘Zero Electrocution Zone’, jointly by eco development committee (EDC) of surrounding villages and forest department. The sanctuary area is surrounded by 68 villages, with population...

New roundworm species found in Odisha, named after ZSI chief

 Keonjhar: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) said that a group of scientists associated with it discovered a species of soil-dwelling roundworm in the Keonjhar district of Odisha. The species, Crassolabium dhritiae, is named after ZSI Director Dr Dhriti Banerjee in recognition of her outstanding...

Pradhan bats for tourism circuit in Sambalpur district

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested his colleague Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to set up a dedicated tourism circuit encompassing Debrigarh, Bhimamandali and Hirakud. Pradhan, the Lok Sabha MP from Sambalpur, also sought Shekhawat’s help in engaging the Archaeological...

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