<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, at least six people died and nine others were injured this morning after a truck carrying them overturned amid heavy rain in the Dharsuni ghat area on National Highway 49 in Mayurbhanj district. The injured have been admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital at Baripada. All the victims and injured are reported to be members of a local opera group. Police and fire service personnel of nearby police and fire stations immediately rushed to the spot to carry out the rescue operation. The fire personnel used gas cutters to retrieve the bodies and rescue the injured persons. The accident took place when the truck was returning with the group members after a night show at Rairangpur.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed deep grief over the mishap and announced an ex-gratia of three lakh rupees for the kin of each deceased.</span></p>