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Six cattle electrocuted in Jajpur

Jajpur: As many as six cattle were electrocuted to death at Kapatigiri village under the Badachana police station in Jajpur district on Saturday. The incident occurred when a 110 KV overhead electricity line snapped and fell onto the grazing cattle. People in the vicinity rushed to the spot but failed to save the cattle since the line was live and the cattle had come in contact with the power cables, police sources said.

Four of family injured in thunderbolt in Ali

Ali: Four persons, including a minor, of a family were severely injured by thunderbolt in Rasulpur village under the Ali police station on Sunday afternoon. The injured were identified as SK Makbul (70), SK Mehboob Alli (40), Afsana Begum (36) and SK Nafish (10). They were rushed to the local Community Health Centre (CHC) for treatment.