Odisha

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Officer suspended for eating chicken curry during school visit

9:50 pm October 12, 2019

Bhubaneswar: An Education department officer in Odisha’s Sundergarh district had been placed under suspension for eating chicken curry in a school while the children were served rice and dal only under mid-day-meal scheme, officials said on Saturday. Sundergarh District Collector Nikhil Pavan Kalyan suspended Binay Prakash Soy, Block Education Officer (BEO), Bonai, after a video […]

Rains likely in TN, Kerala, coastal AP; low pressure to become depression soon

IMD predicts moderate to heavy rain in Odisha on Wednesday

7:49 pm October 8, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain in most parts of Odisha on Wednesday in view of the cyclonic circulation over northern parts of West Bengal and neighbourhood. The IMD in its bulletin issued on Tuesday said that the cyclonic circulation over Odisha and neighbourhood lies over the south coast […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Man burnt alive over extramarital affair in Odisha

11:32 pm October 7, 2019

Paradip (Odisha): A 27-year-old man was burnt alive in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district allegedly by the family members of a woman with whom he was reportedly engaged in an extramarital affair, police said on Monday. The police found Krushna Champatiray lying with severe burn injuries in the premises of a school at Daagaon village under Balikuda […]

Six persons forced to consume human excreta in Odisha

9:19 pm October 2, 2019

Berhampur: A group of people pulled out the teeth of six elderly persons and forced them to consume human excreta at a village in Odisha’s Ganjam district suspecting them of practising witchcraft, police said on Wednesday. A group of people of Goparpur village suspected that the six elderly men practised witchcraft which caused the death […]

PSU banks in Odisha to operate from 10 am to 4 pm from Oct 1

9:23 pm September 30, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The working hours of all the public sector banks across Odisha will now be from 10 am to 4 pm from October 1, a top bank official said on Monday. This was stated by MD and CEO of UCO Bank, Atul Kumar Goel after the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meeting here. The bankers’ […]