Cold wave persists across Odisha; IMD forecasts fog for next five days
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Several parts of Odisha has been reel under cold wave conditions with mercury plummeting to below 10 degrees Celsius mark at 11 places on Friday.
Koraput town in south Odisha was the coldest place in the state for the day with 4.8 degrees Celsius, while the night temperature was 6.3 degrees Celsius at Semiliguda in Koraput district, according to a weather bulletin of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Daringbadi town of Kandhamal district recorded a minimum temperature of 6.5 degrees Celsius. It was followed by Jharsuguda (7.2 degrees C), Phulbani (7.5 degrees C), G Udayagiri (7.8 degrees C), Rourkela (8 degrees C), Kirei (8.3 degrees C), Nabarangpur (8.5 degrees C), Sundargarh (9 degrees C), and Bhawanipatna (9.8 degrees C).
The night temperature in the state capital Bhubaneswar and Cuttack was 14.6 degrees C and 12.8 degrees C, respectively, on Thursday night.
The cold condition is expected to continue in the state as there will be no large change in the night temperature during the next four days. Then the night temperature would rise gradually, said Manorama Mohanty, director of IMD’s Bhubaneswar centre.
Shallow to moderate fog would occur during morning hours at isolated pockets in several districts during the next five days, she said.
Forecasting dense fog in districts of Kandhamal, Koraput, Kalahandi & Nayagarh on Saturday early morning, the weather office has issued “yellow warning” (be updated) for these districts.
Similarly, yellow warning has been issued for Kandhamal, Koraput, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul & Khurda districts for Sunday morning.
The people in Khurda, Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts would experience dense fog on December 29 & 30 while a dense fog warning has been issued for Balasore and Gajapati districts for December 31.
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Hyderabad woman commits suicide after allegedly getting injected with HIV-infected blood by relative
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old woman committed suicide in Hyderabad about a month after a relative allegedly injected her with HIV-infected blood after she rejected a marriage proposal, police said.
The woman is identified as Ramani. She was found dead at her grandmother's home in Annojiguda on Friday morning, according to The News Minute.
According to police, the accused, a 24-year-old man related to the victim, had been in a relationship with her. Initially their families had agreed to their marriage but the proposal was later withdrawn after medical tests confirmed that the man was HIV positive.
According to investigators, the accused allegedly injected his own blood into the woman at her home on March 11, after his marriage proposal was refused. Police said he obtained a syringe and committed the act when she was alone, allegedly with the intent of forcing her into marriage.
The incident was discovered when the woman told her relatives and was sent to a medical checkup. The accused was detained in March and put in judicial prison on allegations including attempted murder.
Police said a suicide note was recovered from the scene in which the woman mentioned being distressed by the manner in which the incident was discussed on social media. Family members stated that she had been undergoing emotional distress and had developed health complications following the assault.
