3 including 2 women die as truck hits auto

3 including 2 women die as truck hits auto

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | NABARANGPUR

Three persons, including two women, were killed and eight others sustained grievous injuries when an auto-rickshaw by which they were travelling had a head-on collision with a speeding truck near Jodenga under the Raighar police station in Nabarangpur district on Sunday. The identities of the deceased and injured were yet to...

DBF holds eye camp for underprivileged

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

The Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL) in collaboration with Care Netram, an organization for vision care for the underprivileged, organized a free eye check-up camp at the Occupational Health Centre at Dalmia Cement’s Cuttack plant-Kapilas Cement Works (KCW), Odisha.   The camp provided...

BJP Dhenkanal LS Pravari meets Hota

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | DHENKANAL

BJP State vice president and Dhenkanal Lok Sabha Pravari Golak Prasad Mohapatra on Friday met BJP leader Er Debashisha Hota at his home and discussed for an hour with him for better results in Assembly and Parliament polls. Mohapatra first gave respect to Akhand Jyoti which covered all districts of...

5,375 fire points detected in 7 days in State

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

With the progressing summer, the rising number of forest fires across Odisha has raised concern of environmentalists and nature lovers. As many as 5,375 fire points were detected in different forests of the State during the last seven days, a Forest Survey of India (FSI) data revealed on Saturday. These fire...

115 fire points at Similipal till now

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

Altogether 115 fire points were reported from the Similipal National Park and Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district till April 20 (Saturday) this year, revealed the Forest Department on Sunday.   All these fire points were extinguished by employees of the department, said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Susanta Nanda.   He further claimed...

Baripada hottest at 44.6 deg in State

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

As many as thirty places in the State recorded maximum temperatures at 40 degrees Celsius or above on Sunday. Baripada recorded the day’s highest temperature of 44.6 degree. Baripada was  followed by Nuapada at 44 degree, Talcher 43.8, Jharsuguda and Keonjhar  43.6 each, Angul 43.3, Balangir 43.2, Boudh and Sundargarh  43...

NHRC seeks ATR on transgenders’ rights

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday sought an action-taken report (ATR) from the Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on the issues of denial of rights to the transgenders including their voting rights.   The NHRC passed the order acting on a petition filed by lawyer and...

YouTuber Monalisa, hubby under ED scanner

Monday, 22 April 2024 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will launch a probe against popular YouTuber Monalisa Bhadra of Odisha under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.   Monalisa and her husband Badri Narayan Bhadra of Jajpur district were arrested by the Forest Department in March this year for hunting scheduled wild animals in violation of...

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