News from Bhawanipatna

A team of STF conducted the raid on Friday evening at Sriphali Chhak on M.Rampur-Narla road after getting a tip-off regarding dealing/possession of wildlife products by wildlife criminals.

As per reports, the minors had eloped from their homes on June 30 after facing resistance from their respective families over their love affair.

Nadda was here in Odisha’s Bhawanipatna to present the report of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in the last 9 years. The BJP National President tore into the BJD by questioning who is running the government in Odisha.

Rendo Majhi was a tribal leader and the most prominent freedom fighter from the Kalahandi region. He had suffered a lot while fighting for the cause of the people of that region during the freedom struggle and made supreme sacrifice for the cause.

The court has also levied a fine of Rs 50,000 each on all four accused. In case of non-payment of the fine, the jail term will be increased by one year.

As per the reports, panic has spread in the village following a series of alleged loot and burglaries by unidentified miscreants in the villagers. And without adequate Police patrolling, the locals have decided to turn vigilantes by taking up the responsibility of guarding their own village themselves.

Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati demanded a magistrate-level probe into the incident. He also demanded immediate suspension of the accused SDPO. 

Visually-impaired Jashobant Chhatria, who reads in Class-6 of the government run school, minced no words in criticizing the officials including the Block Education Officer (BEO) and police officers over a shortage of teachers in his school.

As per reports, the van was enroute Barshikona village from Sindhipadar under Thuamul Rampur block when the driver lost control over the wheels and the vehicle overturned on the ghat.

An unusual spectacle greeted people in Bhawanipatna Friday when they saw the local Reserve Police ground decked up for a marriage. It was a marriage of two tender hearts who shunned violence to dip themselves in heavenly love.

The family members of Majhi allegedly waited to receive his body for several hours till today morning but were not handed over the body by the hospital staff. 

In a last ditch effort to woo votes as campaigning for the first phase of Panchayat polls end this evening, Sasmita Nayak, who is contesting from Kuhura Gram Panchayat under Kalahandi’s Golamunda block hit upon the novel idea.

The carcass of an elephant was found lying on a farmland in Bagpur village under Kalahandi’s Narla forest range on Saturday. The dead elephant was said to be in its twenties and its tusk were intact. Several injury marks were found on the body of the jumbo.

After devastation wreaked by the Cyclonic storm Jawad, mandi mismanagement in many districts of Odisha has provided ample opportunity for dalals to rob the farmers of their money hard-earned from harvested crops.

The places that recorded 20 degree Celsius or below are-- Malkangiri (15.5), Angul (16), Hirakud (16.2), Nayagarh (16.5), Sambalpur (16.7), Chandbali (16.8), Baripada (16.8), Talcher (17), Balasore (17.6), Sundargarh (18.5), Paradip (19.2), Gopalpur (19.6) and Puri (20).