Category: State

Woman’s Body Found In Pool Of Blood In Odisha’s Ganjam

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Berhampur: In a shocking incident, a woman was found dead in a pool of blood in her house at Badadanda Sahi village under Chhatrapur in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Suprabha Chaudhuri, wife of Radhashyam Choudhury. Radhashyam told the media that while he slept in his shop on Vipulingi road on Wednesday night; his wife was alone at home. When he returned home today morning, he found his wife’s body in a pool of blood. He suspected that she was killed with the…

Former Odisha Bank Staff Gets 2-Year RI For Rs 1.15 Cr Fraud

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Dhenkanal: The Kamakshyanagar SDJM court on Wednesday sentenced Sanjay Kumar Satapathy, a former banking assistant, to two years of rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating Rs 1.15 crore from United Central Cooperative Bank in Odisha’s Angul. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 13,000 on Satapathy. Satpathy along with three other staff members of the United Central Cooperative Bank had misappropriated Rs.1,15,16,300 in 2015-16 fiscal by crediting the amount to 65 different accounts from different heads of general ledger account through 187 transactions and subsequently withdrew the entire amount using the…

Row Over ‘Assault’ On Woman IIC Intensifies As BJD Workers Take To The Street

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Bhubaneswar: The row over BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly Jaynarayan Mishra allegedly assaulting Dhanupally police station woman IIC Anita Pradhan during a programme protesting against the “deteriorating law and order situation” in the state in Sambalpur on Wednesday intensified on Thursday. Hundreds of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers launched a violent agitation in the state capital and Sambalpur today demanding the removal of Jaynarayan Mishra from the post of LoP in the Assembly for his alleged “anti-women” behaviour. Since early morning today, BJD…

Krushi Odisha: Chief Minister Urges Farmers To Implement New Technologies

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the three-day state annual agricultural festival ‘Krushi Odisha’ — Agriculture Odisha-2023 — at the Bermuda ground here. Addressing the farmers present on the occasion, the Chief Minister laid emphasis on farm mechanisation and crop diversification and advised them to use new technologies and to grow more economic crops. ‘Krushi Odisha’ organised by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment will continue until February 18. The Chief Minister said that technology is the basis of development. There is a great need for…

BJP & BJD Lock Horns Over Two Different Issues In Capital

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Bhubaneswar: With hardly a little over a year left for the general elections in 2024, the Capital city today witnessed intense politicking with the BJP and BJD taking to the streets against each other. BJP leaders and workers held hartal by blocking roads at major junctions including the AG Square, Jayadev Vihar Square, Palasuni Square, Khandagiri Square and Samantarapur Square protesting against the “deteriorating law and order situation” in the State. Due to the protest by the BJP, traffic movement was affected in the city for nearly two hours. On…

Naba Das Murder: Accused Gopal Das Shifted To Choudwar Jail

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Bhubaneswar: The lone accused (so far) in former Health Minister Naba Kisore Das murder, Gopal Krishna Das was today shifted to Choudwar Circle Jail from Jharsuguda Sub Jail amid tight security. Gopal who had departed from Jharsuguda Sub Jail at around 1 PM reached Choudwar Circle Jail at around 6’o clock in the evening. According to reports, following his health check-up Gopal has been shifted to a high security cell inside Choudwar Circle Jail. Three security personnel are on duty to guard his cell. In addition to that he is…

PM Modi Applauds AIIMS Bhubaneswar Doctors For Conducting Rare Surgery

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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the effort of AIIMS Bhubaneswar doctors for doing first-ever quadruple joint replacement surgery on a crippled patient of Odisha.   “Compliments to our doctors for always being at the forefront of innovation and embracing new changes in the medical world. Their dexterity makes us proud!” Modi said in a tweet on Monday. Earlier, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also appreciated the medical institute for successfully conducting the rare surgery. AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas expressed his…

Naba Das Murder: Accused ASI Gopal Das Sent To Jharsuguda Sub-Jai

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Jharsuguda: Gopal Krushna Das, the accused in the Odisha Health Minister Naba Kisore Das murder, was sent to jail custody on Monday. He was produced in the JMFC court here on the last day of the third phase of police remand at the 2nd Battalion of the Jharsuguda OSAP today and the court sent him to Jharsuguda Sub-Jail. The Odisha Crime Branch, which is investigating the Naba Das murder, brought Gopal from Gandhinagar in Gujarat on Sunday midnight following the completion of a series of narcoanalysis and polygraph tests on…

Three Of A Family Found Dead In Odisha’s Koraput

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Koraput: In a shocking incident three members of a family were found dead in Toyaput of Odisha’s Koraput district. The deceased include a man, his wife and their small child. The deceased have been identified as Linga Bishoi, his wife and baby of Toyaput. All three bodies were found inside their house. While the body of the woman was lying on the sofa and the body of the baby was lying on the floor, the body of Linga was found hanging from the ceiling of their house. On being informed,…

Dry Weather To Prevail In Most Odisha Districts

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Bhubaneswar: Dry weather will prevail in most districts of Odisha for the next few days, a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bhubaneswar office, forecast on Friday. There will be no significant change in the minimum temperature (night temperature) during the next two days and, thereafter, the temperature is likely to fall by 2°C to 3°C at many places in Odisha. The highest maximum temperature of 34.7°C was recorded at Angul and the lowest minimum temperature of 9.0°C was recorded at Phulbani in the plains of Odisha. At…