Bhubaneswar: Ten persons died from diarrhoea and related diseases at Taberu village in Malkangiri district. A team of health officials visited the village in the southern-most district and admitted that the deaths were due to lack of clean drinking water and heat-wave like conditions in the area. “The district administration has decided to deploy a team of two health workers in the affected village till the situation becomes normal,'' said the chief district medical officer. The region has a skeletal presence of health professionals and for 151 villages, there are only two primary health centres. Bhubaneswar: An eight-year-old male bear died due to snakebite in its enclosure at the Nandankanan Biological Park on the city outskirts. The zoo authorities took the animal’s body for a post-mortem to the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology because they were surprised to discover the healthy animal dead in its enclosure. The post-mortem report found that the death happened due to snakebite. Bhubaneswar: The Orissa team playing at the National Women Senior Football tournament at Bhilai is likely to win the event with a 5-0 lead over their rival Bengal. The game was delayed on Tuesday due to rain and a five-minute match will be played on Wednesday. Bhubaneswar: The state government on Tuesday decided to constitute a ministerial committee to look into the system for issuance of caste certificates. The committee will include the SC and ST development minister, the law minister and the health minister as its members. The committee will submit its report within one month. The issuance of certificate will be taken up in the next cabinet meeting. Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railways has decided to change the train number of Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express with effect from September 1. As a result, 12421/12422 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express will run with its new number 22811/22812. Similarly, 12443/12444 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express will run with the new numbers of 22823/22824. In a related development, the ministry of railways has decided to introduce a new weekly super-fast train between Santragachi and Tirupati. The train will have stoppages at Jales-war, Balasore, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road and Brahmapur. The ministry has also decided to increase the frequency of Howrah-Yesvantpur-Howrah Dur-onto Express from four days a week to five days a week from Wednesday. Bhubaneswar: Members of district committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a demonstration in front of the state office of the Indian Oil Corporation protesting Rs 5 hike per litre hike in petrol.
Monday, 09 February 2026
