Bhubaneswar | A 25-year-old man in Odisha’s Ganjam district has been arrested for allegedly using a venomous snake to bite his wife and daughter, an official said on Thursday, adding both died after they were bitten by the reptile. The arrested individual has been identified as K. Ganesh Patra. The incident took place in Kabisuryanagar […]
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Odisha train tragedy: School used as makeshift mortuary to be demolished and rebuilt, but why?
Bhubaneswar | The Odisha government on Friday decided to demolish and reconstruct a part of the Bahanaga High School, including the premises used as makeshift mortuary to preserve bodies of people who lost lives in the triple train tragedy took place on June 2 evening. The government has taken this decision after holding discussion with teachers, […]
Odisha train tragedy: What is the condition of loco pilot of Coromandel Express?, Where is he now?
Bhubaneswar | Three days after the tragic triple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore, it was revealed that the loco pilot and assistant loco pilot of Coromandel Express that met the severe accident on June 2 are alive, stable and under treatment. Coromandel Express loco pilot Gunandhi Mohanty and assistant loco pilot Hajari Behera have suffered injuries […]
Railway recommends CBI probe into Odisha train tragedy
Balasore | Under fire from the opposition over the horrific Odisha train tragedy, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the Railway Board has recommended for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the accident. Speaking to media here, Vaishnaw said, “Keeping in mind the circumstances and situation and administration information that we […]
Will provide best medical facility to injured, guilty will be punished: PM
Bhubaneswar | Terming the horrific train accident in Odisha’s Balasore as an extremely serious incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the government will not leave any stone unturned to provide best medical facility to the injured, besides vowing that those found guilty will be punished stringently. Speaking to the media at the Balasore […]
50 dead in major accident in Odisha as express train hits derailed coaches of another train
Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi | At least 50 people were killed and over 150 injured as 3-4 coaches of Yashwantpur Howrah Superfast Express derailed and fell on opposite track, near the Bahanaga railway station in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday evening, where the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express collided with them, leading to derailment of 10-12 more coaches, officials said. […]
‘Be humane’: Nirmala Sitharaman tells SBI after video of old barefoot woman going to collect pension
New Delhi | Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday pulled up country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI), asking it to act humanely, after tagging a video on her Twitter handle of an old village woman, walking barefoot in scorching heat with the help of a broken chair, to collect her pension from the nearest […]
Odisha Health Minister shot at by police officer
Bhubaneswar | In a shocking incident, a police officer opened fire at Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das in Jahrsuguda district, police said. The incident occurred near Gandhi Chhak of Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district on Sunday. The police officer opened fire at Das when he was on the way to attend an inaugural function. The critically […]
Man missing after 1999 super cyclone reunited with family
Kolkata | Miracles do occur and the Baral family from Puri, Odisha, will certainly agree. An octogenarian, presumed killed by the super cyclone that lashed the Odisha coast 23 years ago, has been reunited with his family. After the cyclone that left over 10,000 people dead in Odisha, Kritichandra Baral landed up in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. […]
Odisha: Woman beaten to death by son on failing to pay Rs 100
Bhubaneswar | In a bizarre incident, a woman was allegedly beaten to death by her son for not paying Rs 100 to him to buy liquor in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, the police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday night at Jashipur of Mayurbhanj district. According to the police, Saroj Nayak, 21, had […]