Bhubaneswar: Seventeen persons were killed and 12 others seriously injured when a Raipur-bound bus fell into a ditch and rammed into a tree at Pithoda, nearly 100km from Paikamal in Bargarh district on Monday night. The accident happened due to rash driving, said police. Bhubaneswar: People, who do not have access to the state secretariat to vent their grievances before appropriate authorities, will be able to drop letters at a grievance box at the reception counter. Bhubaneswar: The state government has launched helpline numbers to address the queries related to the JEE (Mains). Aspirants can call on any of these numbers — (0674) 3242455, 3242456, 6552455 and 6552456 — between 10am and 9pm for help. Bhubaneswar: AICC general secretary in-charge of Odisha affairs B.K. Hariprasad is coming to the state on Wednesday to attend the Congress legislature party meet. His visit assumes significance, as it was his first visit after the state suffered a humiliating defeat in the elections to the urban bodies in west Odisha. Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to give Rs 40 lakh per annum to servitors at the Jagannath temple in Puri for amrutamanohi ritual of the Lord, donations for which are made by devotees, said law minister Maheswar Mohanty. Cuttack: A 35-year-old man lodged a police complaint against SCB Medical College and Hospital, alleging that suspended particles were found inside an injection meant to be administered to him. Sushant Rout of Khannagar said his wife spotted the particles. SCB superintendent Shyama Kanungo said an inquiry has been ordered and the injection was discarded after the irregularities came to her notice.
Monday, 21 July 2025
