Top stories from India's eastern region

After nurses, video of women attendants dancing in hospital

Cuttack: A video of two women attendants of S C B Medical College and Hospital here dancing in the orthopaedic ward has gone viral in the social media, days after four nurses of a hospital in Malkangiri recorded Tiktok videos of their singing and dancing.

Prime accused in Odisha Congress candidate murder held

Berhampur: The police Saturday arrested the prime accused in the murder of Congress candidate, Manoj Kumar Jena, who contested from the Aska assembly constituency in the recently held elections in the state, a police officer said. CES3 AR-IAF EFFORT IAF making efforts to airlift rescue team from crash site Itanagar: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is making all efforts to airlift the stranded 12-member rescue team from the site where the AN-32 aircraft crashed in Arunachal Pradesh, an IAF official said Saturday.

Monsoon migratory birds not sighted in Odisha: Ornithologists

Berhampur (Odisha): Migratory birds which usually reach the Chilika Lake and other parts of Odisha ahead of monsoon, are yet to be sighted this year, ornithologists said. ERG2 JH-LIGHTNING Three killed in lightning strike in Gumla Gumla (Jharkhand): Three persons, including two women, were killed when lightning struck them at different places in Gumla district, police said Saturday.

4.8 kg of poppy extract seized, one person arrested in Malda

Malda(WB): Police seized 4.8 kg of poppy extract and arrested a man in West Bengal's Malda district, a senior police officer said Saturday.

Miscreants attempt to rape a woman after assaulting husband & sons

Kendrapara: A group of miscreants allegedly attempted to rape a woman after assaulting her husband and two minor sons in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said Saturday.