Sambalpur: A six-year-old boy was killed when the back rest of a cemented chair constructed on the corridor of a village school collapsed on him at Brahmanipali in Sambalpur district. The deceased has been identified as Om Prateek Rana. case of unnatural death has been registered at Charmal police station, said sub divisional police officer of Rairakhol B.B. Patel. Bhubaneswar: A wild bear killed one person and injured another in Koraput district on Monday. The animal mauled to death Dhansari Bhatra in the Andramunda forests under Kotapad forest range and injured Rajendra Bhatra when the duo were passing through the area, range officer Jagdish Prasad Patnaik said. Bhatra was found dead by the villagers and Patnaik was taken to a nearby hospital in a critical condition. Bhubaneswar: Berhampur police on Monday arrested three persons and busted a racket that had duped unemployed youths of over Rs 20 lakh by promising them jobs. A special police squad arrested the three from a private lodge at Dhenkanal. The three were identified as Prabhakar Paltasingh alias Amit of Aska, Sagara Mishra of Bihar and Ajit Kumar Rana of Mantridi in Ganjam, sub-divisional police officer (Aska) Sarah Sharma said. Eight mobile phones, passbooks and ATM cards of various banks, some fake call letters and certificates were seized from them. Balasore: The excise department on Monday seized cannabis worth nearly Rs 7 lakh following raids in the Basta area and arrested a woman. More than one quintal of the banned substance was found in the house of the woman, who has been identified as Kabita Tola, 26. Her husband is absconding. Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Limited, popularly known as Boyanika, has proposed to organise 101 exhibitions, including one national handloom expo and 13 special handloom expos, this fiscal, said textiles and handicrafts secretary Aparajita Sarangi.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
