News from Sundargarh

Many people say that such scenes of showering money are quite common in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country. However, it is rare for a backward area in Odisha.

Sundargarh BJP MLA Kusum Tete, who was passing along the road, stopped, draped them with a shawl and rescued them. The incident has become the talk of the town here. 

Barring two to three districts, scrub typhus has been detected in rural and urban areas of all districts of Odisha. Over 22,000 tests have been conducted in the state and over 2,800 people have tested positive for scrub typhus.

Demanding a CBI probe into the deaths of the Assistant Collector, who was working at the Rourkela ADM office and the ASI of Uditnagar police station, the BJP Mahila Morcha and the BJP Adivasi Morcha have given the 12-hour bandh call. 

he mite-borne bacterial disease has been on a steady rise in western Odisha, triggering concerns.

Tappo, a resident of Chutiatola village under Sundargarh’s Kuanramunda block, had joined CISF just seven years back when his bullet-riddled body returned to his village. His son, Sandeep Tappo was just 18 months old.

The landmine was recovered during a search operation by police and DVF. Later, the explosive was defused by the bomb squad.

The Forest department officials are trying to drive away the wild tuskers from human settlements.

At gunpoint, the miscreants made him call his wife and demand Rs 1 lakh as ransom.

Family members said they couldn’t take him to the hospital as it was raining and the road from where they can get vehicles for the hospital is also not within walking distance from their house. This apart, elephants were on the prowl in the locality on that fateful night. 

Senior police officials said that both the deceased lady postmaster Snigdha Pradhan and Nayan were in a relationship. However, Nayan stabbed Snigdha to death multiple times using a knife.

In a glaring example of such apathy, one Bari Dehuri of Toda village under Kalta Panchayat in Sundargarh district, who is in her 80s, has to walk at least four kilometers through ghat roads every month to collect her pension.

As per reports, the school was transformed just eight months back under the 5T initiative of the Odisha government. However, it is alleged that the contractor and officials resorted to corruption as indicated by the falling concrete from the roof.

As per reports, the Vigilance team has unearthed more assets disproportionate to Rout’s known sources of income. The Vigilance has reportedly found six benami bank accounts, deposits of Rs 1.2 crore, and two benami plots in Bhadrak and Bhubaneswar.

The bizarre incident was reported from the bride's house located in Dhama area of Sambalpur district. The groom is a native of Sambalpur.