Tag: Angul

  Angul: Still some people tend to choose superstition over medical science and no matter how surprising it may be in this age, such incidents keep on surfacing in Odisha. In one such incident, a man brought a black magician to the district headquarters hospital in Angul today to heal her wife’s snake-bite wound. The […]

Bargarh/Angul: One person was killed and 24 others were injured in separate road mishaps in the State this morning. In the first incident, a youth was killed and 16 sustained critical injuries after a pick-up van rammed into a bridge at Ghess in Bargarh district. All the injured persons have been rushed to the Bargarh […]

Angul: Over a hundred farmers and agri-entrepreneurs from eight districts, including Khurda, Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Nabrangpur, Boudh, Angul and Dhenkanal attended a training-cum-workshop on promotion of aromatic plants for sustainable livelihood alternatives in crop depredation areas. Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) in association with Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow organised the […]

Angul: An Under Trial Prisoner(UTP) escaped from police custody while he was being produced before Angul court for hearing in connection with the murder of four persons. The undertrial inmate Jhasketan Rout escaped soon after snatching a mobile phone of one of the constables, sources said. According to reports, Jhasketan was arrested for his involvement […]

Angul: In two separate incidents, police have detained a youth in Chhendipada of Angul district in connection with molestation of a minor girl while another person has been arrested in Puri district for allegedly attempting to rape a Class V girl. Police today arrested one Kartik Sahu of Singhipania village for allegedly misbehaving and attempting […]

Angul: Tension ran high after cow vigilantes intercepted 15 trucks at Bantala Chhak in Angul district for allegedly trafficking cattle illegally. Acting on a tipoff, members of Bantala Gau Suraksha Mancha Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other outfits intercepted the cattle-laden trucks in the wee hours today. While the cow vigilantes stopped 8 vehicles, seven trucks […]

Angul: A 30-year-old woman, who was mistakenly left behind by her husband at Nakchi in Angul district while they were travelling in a car on Thursday night and later found on Sunday evening was raped by six persons, informed Angul SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra. “After the woman was traced, we recorded her statement based on which […]

Angul: Two persons were detained by the Angul police for reportedly attacking the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Basudev Nayak and other forest staff inside the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) office today. The attackers have been identified as Pradeep Sahoo and Jitendra Samal of Purunagarh. Following the incident, the forest conservation officials met the Angul […]

Angul: The body of a woman was found in the well of a temple at Santarabandha village under Chhendipada police limits in Angul district this morning. The deceased has been identified as Padmini Pradhan (35), a resident of Kendupasi village in the district. Padmini is survived by husband Khirod Pradhan and a five-year-old son. Locals […]

  Bhubaneswar: A day after Ollywood actor Usasi Misra met DGP RP Sharma here in connection with the assault on her by a group of people at Derang in Angul, police swung into action and arrested main accused Indramani Sahu and his son  Rudit Kumar Sahu this morning. Two other persons identified as Dushmanta Sahu […]

  Bhubaneswar: Popular Odia film and opera actress Usasi Misra today met DGP RP Sharma and requested him to expedite investigation and arrest the culprits who allegedly molested her during a jatra performance at Derang in Angul district on the night of April 22.Usasi was accompanied by some members of Cine Critics Association. “Although seven […]

Angul: Indramani Sahu pulled my hair and thrashed me and amid the scuffle his sons pushed me on the ground… one of them was trying to rip my shirt off and other was trying to take my pants off, said Odia actor Usasi Misra during a presser today in Bhubaneswar while recounting the horror of […]

Angul: Popular Odia actress Usasi Misra on Moday alleged that she was physically assaulted by three persons while on her way to perform in a jatra show at Derang in Angul district on Sunday night. In a complaint filed at the Kanhia police station today, Usasi named one  Indramani Sahu and his two sons of […]

Balasore/Angul: At least four persons were killed and two others injured in separate mishaps at different places in Odisha Sunday late night. In the first instance, a man and his brother-in-law were killed after a Hyva truck hit their motorbike near Puruna Bazaar on NH-16 in Bahanaga of Balasore district last night. The deceased have […]

Angul: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today performed the ceremonial ‘Akhi Muthi Anukula’ at a state-level farmers’ fair near Nakchi village in Angul. Patnaik ploughed a field, sowed paddy seeds and prayed to Mother Earth for a good harvest as per the rituals that marks the agrarian festival Akshaya Tritiya. “I am very happy to be […]