Tag: Angul

Angul: A jawan was found dead with gunshot wounds on chest at Chheliapada CRPF camp in the district today. He has been identified as Mihir Das from Kendrapara district. Das was in charge of arms and ammunition store at the camp. The fellow jawans heard noise of firing in the store at around 6 am […]

Angul: Seven persons were arrested by Angul police on Sunday in connection with abduction of a contractor. Six cell phones, a Bolero that was allegedly used for the kidnapping and a motorcycle were reportedly seized by police from them. However, two more accused are still absconding. Meanwhile, in a press conference held yesterday, Angul Additional […]

Bhubaneswar: Fourteen persons were killed and six other injured in lightning at various places across Odisha today. In Balasore district, while one person each was killed at Mahamadabad village under Srijanga panchayat and at Kuligan under Khandapada police limits, five persons were injured in total. Similarly in Bhadrak district, lightning claimed one life each at […]

Angul: A day after the video of a teacher engaging students to wash her scooter was aired on OTV, she was suspended by the block education officer. Earlier yesterday, soon after the news surfaced the district education officer had ordered the block education officer to to initiate action against the said teacher. The incident surfaced […]

Angul: The hands that ought to help students read and write, were found to be reprimanding them to do personal work as a teacher was caught engaging students to wash her scooter. The incident surfaced at Amantpur Project Upper Primary School under Baanarpaal Block of Angul district. In a video recorded on mobile, school teacher […]

Angul: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Angul visit here was marred with controversy after ‘cash’ was recovered from inside media kits here on Friday. Alleging bribe, the journalists present at the event created ruckus after they found Rs 500 note in each media kit provided by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials. “We will […]

Angul: Two CISF personnel died in a road accident here at FCI square under Nalco police limits late on Friday night. The deceased identified as Prakash Dibakar and Jitendra were posted as CISF personnel at Nalco. Sources said, their motor cycle lost control and collided against a road divider. A speeding truck hit them as they fell […]

Bhubaneswar: The victim of a kangaroo court verdict in Badakera village in Angul district who was forced to go around the village beating a gong, today appealed for justice before the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). Dushmant Sahu, the husband of a ward member, was forced to either pay Rs 50,000 penalty or go about […]

Angul: A major fire was reported at Captive Power Plant (CPP) of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna company, here on Tuesday, causing extensive damage. According to reports, the transformer of the CPP has been completely damaged in the fire that broke out around 2 pm today. The cost of the generator transformer is […]

Angul: A brief spell of rain on Saturday left the Pallahada hospital in Angul in ankle-dip water inside its premises, leaving patients and inmates distressed. The wards of the hospital flooded with rainwater and patients had to lay helpless with water running under their beds. Even water from nearby drains had entered into the hospital […]

Angul: An ultra-modern Aluminium Park aimed to provide job opportunities to nearly 15,000 aspirants will soon be set up at Angul in the State. It will be the first project in the subcontinent with a facility to directly obtain molten aluminium from the smelter, a senior official said. The park will be set up with […]

Angul: The Bantala police today lodged case against 52 persons including Ragudiapada village head and secretary on charges of holding a kangaroo court and forcing ward member Mallika Sahu’s husband Dushmanta Sahu to beat a gong as punishment. Dushmanta also lodged a police complaint against the Ragudiapada village head and secretary. During the naib sarpanch […]

Angul: A ward member’s husband in Badakera panchayat here was forced to go around the village beating a gong as a punishment for not casting vote in favour of the naib sarpanch candidate. During a village meeting at Ragudiapada, ward member Mallika Sahu’s husband Dusmanta Sahu was also asked to pay Rs 50,000 if he […]

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur/Angul: The anti-liquor protest is gaining momentum in the State with protests staged at least three different places today against the sale of liquor. Protesters even ransacked a liquor shop in the Capital city. Scores of women on Sunday joined an anti liquor movement and went on a rampage to demolish a liquor outlet in […]

Angul: Owing to past political rivalry, the husband of Tendulei Sarpanch of Angul district Liza Behera was attacked by some unknown miscreants late on Monday night. According to reports, when Liza’s husband Kedara Behera, was returning home with his cousin Madan on a bike at around 1.30 am, eight miscreants attacked him with sharp weapons […]