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Written by admin on 05 January 2010
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 – Sixteen students were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after food poisoning in Orissa’s Bhadrak district, an official said.
‘The students were admitted to Tihidi primary health centre (PHC) after they complained of dizziness, nausea and stomach pains,’ district Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Bhagwan Dixit said.
The students were from a residential school, the Kolha Sri Aurobinda Sikhya Kendra, in the district’s Tihidi block. Most of the students are out of danger but seven are under close observation, PHC medical officer Minati Das said.
Bhadrak District is 140 km from the state capital.
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Written by admin on 05 January 2010
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 – Like humans, animals are snuggling up in blankets provided to them by authorities to beat the cold at the Nandankanan zoo in Orissa, an official said Tuesday.
‘Blankets have been provided to chimpanzees, pythons and others. Besides straw has been placed in the enclosures of various animals and reptiles to keep them warm,’ S.N. Mohapatra, deputy director of the zoo, told IANS.
‘Agro net sheds have been provided at the enclosures of the birds and squirrel monkeys so that that they do not get cold directly,’ he said.
‘More than a dozen electric bulbs are also being used,’ he said.
‘However animals like lions, elephants and tigers have not been provided any protection from the cold because they are capable of countering the cold,’ he said.
The Nandankanan zoo, located on the outskirts of state capital Bhubaneswar is spread over 425 hectares. It houses over 1,200 animals, reptiles and birds.
A cold wave gripped parts of the state over the past week. Phulbani town in the district of Kandhamal had recorded season’s lowest temperature of 4 degrees Celsius Sunday and 5 degrees Celsius Monday.
The cold wave condition abated slightly Tuesday but still there are several places in the state where the minimum temperature recorded was below 9 degrees Celsius.
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 – A man committed suicide Tuesday after killing his wife, two sons and a daughter in Sundergarh district of Orissa, police said.
Jala Tigha, 50, of Tikayatpali village, 600 km from here, first went on a killing spree with a sharp weapon. He then took poison and died, police officer Sudarshan Sethy said.
Another daughter, who is three years old, was also attacked and was critically injured, he said. Tigha was a mason and the reason for the mass murder is not known.
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Written by admin on 05 January 2010
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 – The cold wave abated slightly in Orissa Tuesday with the mercury rising across the state, an official said.
The minimum temperature rose to seven degrees Celsius in Phulbani town of Kandhamal district after recording the season’s lowest of four degrees Sunday. Cold wave conditions had prevailed in the state for much of last week.
‘The rise in minimum temperature is mainly due to increase in moisture content in the atmosphere,’ Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre director S.C. Sahu told IANS.
‘There may be a fall in temperature as soon as the moisture gets cleared. We may witness a cold wave again,’ he said.
The minimum temperature rose to 7.4 degree Celsius Tuesday at Sambalpur town from Monday’s 6.8 degree Celsius.
The minimum temperature recorded Tuesday at state capital Bhubaneswar and its adjoining Cuttack city were 15.1 and 14 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Bhubaneswar and Cuttack had recorded minimum temperatures of 13 and 11.5 degrees Celsius Monday, Bhubanewar meteorological centre said.
No loss of life has been reported from any part of the state so far due to cold wave, an official of the state revenue control room here said.
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 – A factory manufacturing adulterated ghee in Jajpur district of Orissa was busted Tuesday and four people, including its owner, were arrested, a police official said.
The unit in Kuakhia town, around 85 km from here, had been manufacturing spurious ghee, oil, honey, mobil oil and phenyl for more than a year.
‘They sold these off in nearby areas,’ Sub-Divisional Police Officer Jayaram Satpathy told IANS.
‘We have sealed the factory and arrested the owner and three of his employees. We have also seized several machines and recovered a large quantity of fake material, including over half a quintal of adulterated ghee,’ he added.
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Written by admin on 04 January 2010
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4 – Cold wave conditions continued in parts of Orissa Monday with minimum temperatures slipping well below 9 degrees Celsius in many districts, an official said.
The places which recorded minimum temperatures of less then 9 degrees Celsius included Bhabanipatna (6.7 degrees Celsius) Baripada (8.0 degrees Celsius), Sundergarh (7.9 degrees Celsius) Sambalpur (6.8 degrees Celsius) and Bolangir (7.8 degrees Celsius).
The temperature rose to 5 degrees Celsius Monday at Phulbani town in the district of Kandhamal which recorded the season’s lowest of 4 degrees Celsius Sunday, an official of the Bhubaneswar meteorological centre told IANS.
The coastal towns of Puri, Gopalpur and Paradip, however, remained warmer and recorded minimum temperatures of 14.4, 13.6 and 13.2 degrees Celsius respectively.
The state capital Bhubanesewar and its adjoining Cuttack town recorded minimum temperatures of 13.0 and 11.5 degrees Celsius respectively, he said.
Cold wave conditions will prevail over many parts of interior Orissa and some parts of north coastal Orissa during the next 24 hours, the weatherman said.
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