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.
Based on the complaint, a team was constituted and a raid was conducted on Kalinga Academy in Barmunda area in Bhubaneswar. Bolangir SP informed that three persons were subsequently arrested from Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, and Phulbani.
When the rally was passing through the RTO chhak, BJP leader Anant Das and one Balram Singh Yadav, who claims to be party leader, tried to welcome the party president by presenting a flower bouquet. However, it was opposed by BJP leader Gopalji Panigrahi.
Two years ago on October 8, Mamita stepped out of her house and never returned.
Similarly, a youth was killed after being run over by a speeding pickup van at Patnagarh in Bolangir district today. The pickup van fled the spot soon after the accident.
Even after getting information about Hari’s death, none of his relatives turned up to conduct the last rites. Later, a group of social activists turned good Samaritans and conducted the funeral to give some dignity to the departed soul.
The committee members informed that all of them had gone to attend a cultural programme last night. Upon returning, they found that the Ganesh idol was missing from the mandap.
In the presence of the Bolangir tehsildar, the eviction drive was launched.
It is alleged that despite repeated assurances, the Mahaprayan vehicle failed to reach the hospital. With no other option, the family decided to carry the body on a motorcycle.
As per reports, the baby was found in the washroom of the female medicine general ward by the patients. The nurses on duty were subsequently informed and they rescued the newborn and alerted the doctor.
As per reports, initially, one Bipin Kusulia had urged the MP seeking admission for his daughter Shyama Kusulia in Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya. However, the admission was given to one Ronak Kumar Patra of Patnagarh.
Due to the dawn-to-dusk bandh call, normal life has been thrown out of order as the impact of the bandh started to be felt from the morning.
A team from Bolangir Police Station today carried out raids at the house of Gopal Biswal, a staff who works at the shop that was reportedly selling duplicate jeans of branded companies, and seized a packaging machine and stickers of reputed companies.
The accused was arrested after a company official from Mumbai lodged a formal complaint with the police yesterday in connection with such duplicate clothes.
The disappeared SI's father Managovinda Bag on Saturday came forward and said that she is fit and fine and presently staying with the family members.
What has made the matter more mysterious is that the police are keeping mum on the female sub-inspector's whereabouts.
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