Tag: Tihidi

Bhadrak: One person died while seven others were hospitalised allegedly due to consumption of spurious liquor at Padhisahi village under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district. The deceased has been identified as Kartik Nayak who was set to get married today. According to sources, Kartik along with 7 others consumed illegally-sold alcohol on April 26th. […]

Bhadrak: Vigilance sleuths today arrested Village Level Worker (VLW) Narahari Aich of Shyamsundarpur Panchayat under Tihidi block in Bhadrak district for demanding and accepting bribe. According to sources the VLW had demanded Rs 5,000 as bribe from a beneficiary for clearing a bill under the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY). Investigation is on into the matter, […]

Bhubaneswar: The first phase panchayat polls which began in Odisha this morning, witnessed poll boycott in nine Gram Panchayats in eight districts. In Khurda district, villagers of Daruthenga panchayat on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar boycotted the elections demanding shifting of the dump yard. The villagers did not turn up for voting at 13 booths in […]

Bhadrak: In an instance of human rights violation by the Tihidi police, a 70-year-old woman was allegedly paraded to the Bhadrak jail after her bail plea was rejected by a local court in a dowry torture and murder case today. The elderly woman, Bharti Pati, was asked to walk for half kilometre from the court […]

Puri: A drowning woman was rescued by lifeguards at Puri sea beach today. The entire rescue operation was captured on camera by one of the spectators present near the beach. As per reports, one Nilabati Sahoo from Tihidi area of Bhadrak district was washed away by strong current while bathing at the beach in Puri. […]

Bhadrak: In yet another case of irregularity in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in the State, an unmarried college girl was allegedly allotted a house under the scheme after being listed as a widow in Narendrapur village under Tihidi block in the district. According to the complainant Bhagirathi Sutar, Nibedita Behera, daughter of Rabindra […]

Bhadrak: Tihidi Block Development Officer (BDO) Dibyajyoti Smrutiranjan Deo has landed in trouble for repeatedly defying ruling of Orissa High Court. According to sources, the BDO had allegedly transferred funds from one project to use them on some other projects. This apart, he had also reportedly transferred various projects under ‘Ama Gaon Ama Vikash’ initiative […]

Bhadrak: A case was registered against six inmates of a government quarantine centre in Bhadrak for violating COVID-19 social distancing norms by making a video and uploading on video-sharing social networking platform TikTok. As per reports, all the accused are Kolkata returnees who made the video during their quarantine period at Tihidi High School under […]