News from Dhenkanal

The private bus, named Maa Samalei, was headed to Banasingh from Dhenkanal when it overturned after the driver reportedly lost control over the vehicle.

Inspired by the super hit Telugu movie ‘Pushpa’, three men in Odisha allegedly tried to smuggle gallons of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in a water tanker before they ran out of luck.

OTV unearthed a secret chamber in the basement of a clinic at Swain’s Kamakhyanagar residence in Dhenkanal district on Wednesday.

The driver of the vehicle lost control over the steering and it fell into the river by breaking the barricades on the bridge, sources said.

Further, the DGP has assured that strict security measures will be in place for the remaining four phases of rural elections so as to ensure the conduct of the election in a free and fair manner.

Dhenkanal district Collector Saroj Kumar Sethi said that four persons involved in rigging booths in the district have been arrested and further investigation in connection with the violent incident is underway.

The famous Magha Mela of Mahima cult at Joranda in Dhenkanal district began on Tuesday amid strict adherence to the Covid-19 protocols.

Meanwhile, BJP leaders accused the police of bending rules for the ruling BJD party. “They (police) stopped us at different points from the beginning of the rally. No one can stop us from campaigning as it is our Constitutional right to reach people,” said State BJP President Sameer Mohanty.

the police informed that the accused (Dasrath) had earlier killed his wife in 2011 and went underground. Later, he had changed his identity and disguised himself as a saint (baba). He then started living at Chaitanya mutt near Gondia temple.

A woman labourer's right hand got severed after it accidently trapped in a machine while she was working at a brick kiln at Urbengi village under Dhankanal’s Kamakhyanagar block on Saturday.

A youth in Korian under Dhenkanal Town Police Station killed his father on Tuesday by slitting his throat with a blade and later bludgeoning his head by a stone after the latter allegedly refused to give him money to buy a bike.

Maoist posters have appeared in the Swabhiman Anchal under Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district demanding the candidates and people of the region to keep themselves away from the panchayat polls.

The fresh fatalities pushed the virus death toll in the State to 8612. 

Behera was a two-time former Minister and held important portfolios like Handloom and Women's and Child Welfare Department of the State government

The tragic incident occurred when Dillip’s bike crashed into a tree near Biswanathpur village under Gondia Police limits when he was rushing back home after hearing about his wife's death.