Two more Covid-19 positive cases in Odisha, tally rises to 44

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported two more Coronavirus positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases in Odisha to 44, of which two patients have been cured and discharged and one succumbed to the disease. According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, a 51-year-old woman from Dhenkanal and 69-year-old man from Medinipur from […]

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Four killed, 5 hurt as rice mill wall collapses in Dhenkanal, CM announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia

Dhenkanal: At least four vegetable vendors were killed and five others injured when the wall of an abandoned rice mill in a weekly market in Alasua under Dhenkanal Town police station collapsed on Sunday morning. The mishap occurred at around 8.30 am. The vegetable vendors were busy selling their produces when the stone wall of the 50-year-old abandoned […]

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Gadkari to launch several NH, port projects in Odisha on Wednesday

Bhubaneswar: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will visit Odisha on Wednesday to launch projects worth Rs 5,982 crore. During the proposed visit he will lay foundation stone for three National Highways projects of total length 132 km worth Rs 2,345 crore and inaugurate projects worth Rs 431 crore in Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal […]

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Seven elephants electrocuted to death in Dhenkanal

Dhenakanl: At least seven wild elephants, including five female elephants, a tusker and a calf,  came into contact with a high tension live wire laid for the construction of railway tracks near Kamalanga village under Sadar range in Dhenkanal district and were instantly electrocuted late on Friday night triggering a widespread resentment among the Wildlife […]

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