Odisha
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Cyclonic circulation formed; heavy rain to lash Odisha till Wednesday
Bhubaneswar: With the formation of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify into a low pressure and subsequently get the shape of a depression, the IMD…
- India
Odisha govt asks districts to remain prepared as heavy rains hit state
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday directed the district administrations to remain ready as heavy rains lashed several parts of the state and the weather office predicted more showers. Parts of the…
- India
Odisha: Congress suspends two senior leaders
Bhubaneswar: All India Congress Committee (AICC) suspended two senior leaders — MLA Mohd. Moquim and ex-MLA Chiranjib Biswal for indulging in anti-party activities, a Congress leader said on Saturday. AICC General Secretary…
- India
Odisha: 2 drunk men consume half-cremated body, detained
Bhubaneswar: In a bizarre incident, two drunk men allegedly ate the flesh of a half-burnt dead body during cremation in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, police said on Wednesday. The shocking incident took place…
- India
Govt calls all-party meet on July 19 ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon session
New Delhi: The government has called the customary all-party meeting on July 19 ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon session, official sources said on Thursday. The session, which begins from July 20, is set…
- India
Odisha tribal woman sells nine-month-old daughter for just Rs 800, 4 held
Bhubaneswar: A tribal woman in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has allegedly sold her nine-month-old daughter to a child-less couple for mere Rs 800, police said on Tuesday. The mother was identified as Karami…
- India
Odisha train tragedy: Multi-level lapses, says inquiry report
New Delhi: A high-level inquiry has found “wrong signalling” to be the main reason for the Balasore train accident and flagged “lapses at multiple levels” in the signalling and telecommunication (S&T) department but…
- India
Balasore train crash: CRS submits report to Railway Board, say sources
New Delhi: The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) probing the triple-train accident in Odisha’s Balasore has submitted its report to the Railway Board, sources said on Thursday. The contents of the report…
- India
CBI officer supervising Balasore train accident probe gets extension
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Viplav Kumar Choudhry, who is supervising the CBI probe in the June 2 Balasore train accident, was on Wednesday given a one-and-a-half-year extension as a joint director…
- India
PM condoles loss of lives in Odisha bus accident; announces ex-gratia
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid his condolences to the victims of the tragic bus accident in Odisha’s Ganjam district. At least 12 persons, including two minors and four women,…
- India
10 killed, several injured in bus accident in Odisha’s Ganjam dist
Ganjam: At least 10 people were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between two buses under Digapahandi police limit in Odisha’s Ganjam district on the intervening night of Sunday…
- Telangana
Bala Vikasa holds awareness programme for widows in Telangana, Andhra
Hyderabad: To create awareness of the rights of widows, Bala Vikasa hosted a state-level convention and conducted awareness rallies in five states on June 23, marking International Widows Day. As part of…
- India
Nadda reaches Jharsuguda on two-day Odisha visit
Jharsuguda: BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday arrived in Jharsuguda on a two-day visit to Odisha. Nadda was welcomed at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport here by BJP state president Manmohan Samal…
- India
Train Tragedy: School used as makeshift mortuary reopens in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The Bahanaga school, which was used as makeshift mortuary during triple train tragedy in Odisha’s Balasore district, reopened on Wednesday following completion of summer vacation. The 65-year-old school is just 500 metres…
- India
Railways rejects communal angle over Odisha train accident
As investigations are still underway by the CBI, rumours are being circulated on social media platforms alleging that a Soro railway signal Junior Engineer (JE) and his family are untraceable from June…
