Tag: Khurdha

Khurdha: Unidentified members reportedly belonging to mafia involved in illegal stone quarrying today threatened to kill a group of tehsildars who were returning with seized trucks and JCB machines after raiding illegal stone quarries in Nirakarpur area of Khurdha district. Tehsildar of Tangi and Khurdha along with the additional tehsildar of Chilika had raided seven […]

Khurdha: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday raided office and residence of Delang Block junior engineer (JE) Minaketan Rath here on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known source of income. Officials of the anti-corruption body conducted simultaneous raids on Rath’s residence and his relatives’ houses at Golabai under Jankia police limits in the district. More […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government’s fresh instructions for orphanages has now put the authorities of several child care institutions in a dilemma in the State. As per the government guidelines, children who are not orphans would no longer be allowed to stay at any such child care centres. The officials of  district administration have been asked to […]

Khurda: A person was killed in a road accident allegedly due to the carelessness of a Motor Vehicle Inspection (MVI) staff on NH-16 near the Prananatha College here on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jaladhar Sahu of Bhagabati Sahi under Banpur police station. The incident took place when the MVI staff had stopped a […]

Bhubaneswar: In a late night loot, armed miscreants looted a petrol pump at Kudiari near Jatani in Khurdha district on Sunday. The miscreants barged into the Sundaray filling station and locked its employees in a room at gun point. The looters then decamped with lakhs along with the CCTV camera and hard disk fitted at […]

Balasore: In yet another incident of farmer suicide in the State, a farmer of Mulukaida village under Soro block of Balasore district attempted to end his life allegedly over debt burden. Identified as Sukura Mallik, the 70-year-old farmer had taken a loan of Rs 18000 from a self-help group (SHG). He used up the money […]

Calicut/Bhubaneswar: A group of Odia labourers working in Kerala alleged that they were tortured and threatened by the locals without any reason. Even they accused the police of taking sides with the local people instead of coming to their rescue. The labourers from different areas of Nayagarh, Ganjam, Puri and Khurdha districts have been working […]

Bhubaneswar: With first phase three-tier panchayat polls ending today, 71 percent voters turned up to exercise franchise even as incidents of poll violence including looting of ballot boxes were reported at some places. “Elaborate arrangements were made for 58,28446 voters to exercise franchise for 189 Zilla Parishad zones,1506 gram panchayats and 20369 wards under 65 […]

Khurda: Panic gripped Pichukuli area in Khurda district after a man was shot dead near a paint factory this evening. According to police, Rachita Panda, supply inspector of Nayagarh block, and her husband Sunil Parida, were staying separately due to a dispute between them since last few months. Rachita was on the way to Nayagarh […]

Khurdha: At least two persons died and four others were injured when a speeding truck loaded with tomatoes dashed a stationery gas tanker on the roadside from behind on the NH-16 at Brahmanakoshadiha village near Balugaon in Khurdha district today. After hitting tanker, the truck overturned and fell on a cabin there crushing two persons […]

Khurdha: As many as 90 school students fell sick after consuming chocolates during celebration of their friend’s birthday at Manikapur near Banpur in the district on Tuesday. All of them were first admitted to Banapur community health centre. Some of them were later shifted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. Their condition is stated to […]

Forest and Environment minister Bikram Keshari Arukh had a close shave when a truck hit the rear side of his car he was travelling in near Daleiput here on Tuesday night.

Khurda: Four vehicles including a car and a tipper were gutted after miscreants hurled bombs at a stone crusher unit here late last night. The impact of the explosion was so high that the bikes parked near the boundary wall of the unit were thrown for about 15-20 metres, the investigating officials said. Fifteen to […]

Khurdha: A crusher owner was stoned to death by miscreants at Dadhimachhgadia under Sadar police limits in the district last night. The deceased Sujit Biswal was returning home with his friend Santosh Pradhan on a bike. A car coming from the opposite site hit them on the way and they fell down. Later the miscreants […]

Khurda: A 17-year old girl was found dead on the rail tracks near Kuhudi station in the district today. The victim, identified as Saswati Priyadarshini of Sananairia village near Chilika, was an intermediate student of Ravenshaw junior college in Cuttack. Saswati left her home to board a train for Cuttack at Balugaon station yesterday. She […]