Named after the headquarter town of Balangir, this district was formed on 1st November 1949. It is flanked in the northwest by the Gandhamardan hill. Many hill streams traverse it. The name Balangir is said to have been derived from Balaramgarh, a fort built here in the 16th Century by Balram Deo, the 19th Raja of Balangir and founder of Sambalpur kingdom. The Balangir District is surrounded by Subarnapur district in east, Nuapada District in the west, Kalahandi District in the south and Bargarh District in the north.
The fake teachers have been identified as Alma Tappo, Sanjit Pani Mahananda, Biranchi Nayak and Minmayee Panda. Action was taken following verification of their certificates which turned out to be fake.
Adrija Manjari, wife of Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo and daughter-in-law of BJD leader Ananga Udaya Singh Deo, is in Bolangir to take her belongings from the palace.
While some villagers garlanded him, some others raised slogans like Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Nandakishore, who left as a labourer, returned to Khalipathara village under Bolangir’s Belapada block as a soldier, thanks to the Agniveer scheme.
According to sources, the Keonjhar Collector has also directed all Block Development Officers (BDOs) to remain alert for any kind of eventuality arising out of the downpours.
Due to the Lower Suktel Dam, the villagers have been displaced. On Sunday, the grief-stricken villagers took the idol of Lord Jagannath in a procession to the temporary camp.
As per initial reports, the technical snag was noticed at around 5:45 am on Sunday. This caused severe inconvenience to passengers as they have been stranded for the past two hours at the station
The incident came to the fore after the father of the child, Akhaya Putel, approached the Titilagarh Police Station to lodge a complaint. However, the police allegedly did not accept his complaint.
As per initial reports, Bhaskar's body was found lying in a pool of blood at the village at around 10 pm on Saturday. On getting information, the family members rushed to the spot and shifted Bhaskar to Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital. However, Bhaskar was declared dead upon arrival by the doctors at the hospital.
All the private schools across Bolangir district were shut and the agitating members of the association were seen picketing from the morning.
As per initial reports, one Sarat Behera had approached the Vigilance after the IIC had allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh as a bribe to release his vehicles which were detained by concerned officials of the police station. A team of Boudh and Berhampur Vigilance raided and caught the IIC while accepting the bribe.
It is alleged that both Bikash and Vishal had thrashed and tortured the 15-year-old Lalit Jain leading to his death. It is pertinent to mention here that Lalit Jain had gone missing from Kantabanji area on July 13.
The impact of the bandh has started to be felt as all the shops, markets and business establishments downed their shutters.
Later in the day, the GRP recovered his body which was found lying on the railway track near Kukudahada area. But, surprisingly, the GRP reportedly buried the body without conducting post-mortem or launching an investigation.
According to sources, it is suspected that some miscreant gained entry into the house when the girl was alone and attacked her with a sharp weapon before fleeing the spot.
Preliminary investigation indicates that Rajat was murdered over some love affair. The development came a day after hundreds of Aainlachuan villagers gheraoed the SP office here and demanded a proper investigation into the case by the Sadar police.
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