POLLS TO 3 ODISHA RAJYA SABHA SEATS ON FEB 27
Bhubaneswar: A notification for elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha was issued on Thursday. The polling will be held on February 27 between 9 am and 4 pm. The counting of votes will be conducted on the very day at 5 pm. The last date for filing nominations is February 15. Notably, BJP MP Ashwini Vaishnaw and BJD MPs Amar Patnaik and Prashanta Nanda are set to retire in April.
ROYAL BENGAL TIGER FOUND DEAD IN SIMILIPAL
Bhubaneswar: A male Royal Bengal Tiger has been found dead in the Similipal Tiger Reserve. “On February 5, a patrolling team spotted the carcass of the tiger at Duduruchampa. The age of the animal is estimated to be 3.5 years,” said Regional Chief Conservator of Forest, Similipal, Prakash Chand Gogineni on Thursday. “The cause of the death is yet to be ascertained. A team conducted samples while the postmortem was conducted on February 6 as per guidelines. The samples will be sent for examination to know the exact reason of death,” he said.
ANUBHAV GETS DECREE OF DIVORCE FROM VARSHA
Bhubaneswar: Actor-turned-politician Anubhav Mohanty on Wednesday received decree of divorce after ten years of marriage with actress Varsha Priyadarshini. Taking to microblogging platform X, Mohanty shared a photo of the court order describing the ten years of marriage as worthless, meaningless, heartless, painful and false. “Got my decree of divorce today, which is just a day before the completion of 10 worthless/ meaningless/ heartless/ painful & above all, false marital years of my false marriage! I pray for her happiness. No Offence.” Mohanty posted.
15 WB TOURISTS INJURED IN BUS ACCIDENT IN BALESWAR
Baleswar: As many as 15 tourists from West Bengal were injured when a bus they were traveling in collided with a dumper and veered into a roadside farmland along NH-60 near Nidhipanda in Baleswar district early on Thursday morning. Around 65 tourists were returning home after visiting Puri. The accident occurred as a tyre of the bus burst. The driver lost control over the vehicle, resulting in it careening into a farmland after colliding with a dumper. The victims were admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital.