News from Keonjhar

It is pertinent to mention here that normal life across Odisha has been adversely hit due to intense cold wave conditions that have been prevailing for the past couple of days. 17 places in Odisha recorded temperature as low as 10 degree Celsius on Tuesday night.

As per the announcement, the temple will remain out of bounds for the devotees on December 25 (Christmas), December 26, December 31, 2021 and January 1 and 2, 2022.

The locals have alleged that irregularity and dereliction of the duty on the part of the employees of the power supply company was responsible for the death of the majestic wild jumbo.

The nearby Deo River which flows alongside the village has engulfed large tracts of agricultural land. The situation gets aggravated during the monsoon.

Party workers from both groups faced off with each other and are learnt to have lodged complaints against each other at the local police station

The Nayakot Police in Keonjhar’s Bansapal on Saturday arrested a man after unraveling the mysteries of a missing case pending for over a year.

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).

The girl’s body was recovered from a pond with tied legs and hands, on October 23. During the preliminary investigation, it was discovered that she was raped and killed before her body was dumped into the pond.

In just 24 hours after a report surfaced from the district alleging rape and murder of a minor, body of a girl, who was missing since last night, was recovered from a pond with her hands tied near Basantpur area of district.

The family members have alleged that the girl was raped and later murdered.

Infuriated, hundreds of villagers stormed the railway station premises and ransacked the office building, waiting hall, ticket counter alleging that the RPF personnel had beaten Patra to death. 

BJP youth wing members in Keonjhar district unit staged a massive protest blaming the police for failing to take noticeable action in connection with the case. Nine party MLAs from BJP also joined the protest in Keonjhar to pressurize the police administration to bring the culprits to book.

BJP MLA Mohan Majhi who survived a bomb scare on Sunday said that he has little hope in getting justice as the law enforcement agencies in the State are under tremendous pressure from the ruling BJD to shield the mastermind.

In another case, Narottam Behera was intercepted near Tangi Check Gate in Cuttack while he was going to Bhubaneswar from Balasore in a car. The Vigilance team conducted a raid and recovered a total of Rs 89,290 unaccounted cash.

As per reports, two motorcycle-borne miscreants hurled two bombs on the vehicle of Majhi, who was returning after attending a public meeting. The bombing took place near Mandua.