Tag: Banki

Cuttack: At least six persons of a family, including a minor sustained serious burn injuries after a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a house near Brahmapura Tarini Chhak in Tangi of Cuttack district on Saturday. According to reports, the incident took place when they were reportedly connecting the gas cylinder and suddenly the cylinder burst. […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today revoked suspension on Banki legislator Pravat Tripathy. After Tripathy was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in October 2014 for his alleged links with chit fund firm Artha Tatwa Group chief Pradeep Sethi, CM Patnaik had suspended the MLA from the party. Tripathy spent […]

Cuttack: A man slit his younger brother’s throat with a blade at Gokhasahi in Patapur under Banki police limits of Cuttack district today. The deceased was identified as Prabhat Mallick who was killed by his elder brother Arun Mallick over a family feud. Prabhat was first admitted to the sub-divisional hospital in Banki but later […]

Cuttack: As many as six persons were severely injured in a group clash over political affairs at Karadapalli village under Baideswar police limits of Cuttack on Saturday. The tension was fallout of old enmity over political matters, sources said. All the injured including Kaliboi sarpanch, Subash Swain have been shifted to Cuttack medical. Sources said […]

Banki: Indecent manner of approaching girls backfired on a youth after he was beaten black and blue allegedly over passing lewd comments on a group of college girls here in Banki village. The incident occurred on Wednesday near Tulasipur Bazar under Banki police limits when the accused, a resident of nearby Jamundi village, passed lewd […]

Cuttack: Tension prevailed in Dhalapadhara village under Banki in Cuttack district after some locals allegedly thrashed Bajrang Dal and Go Rakshak activists in a cattle market. As per reports, some workers of Bajrang Dal and Go Rakshak were taking photographs in the cattle market as part of their protest against alleged illegal sale of cattle. […]

Banki: The website of Banki Autonomous College in Banki in Cuttack district was found hacked this morning. As informed by the college authorities, after they opened the website, the homepage of the website was found missing and in its place there was a picture of a boy with a heading ‘Website stamped by Xposer and […]

Cuttack: The 12-hour Banki bandh called by locals protesting against the students’ clash that took place at the Banki Autonomous College on August 22 affected normal life in the town today. Shops and other business establishments remained closed while vehicles stayed off the roads in the locality. At some places, people staged road blockade by […]

Cuttack: A day after a person died in a road accident at Sunadei Mundia area in Banki, agitating locals on Saturday staged a road blockade at Baideswara main road demanding Rs 4 lakh compensation to family members of the deceased and widening of the road. On Friday, a person died in a bi-cycle-bike collision at […]

A fisherman drowned after his boat capsized at Kalikaprasad ghat of Mahanadi river at Banki in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Sunday morning

Cuttack: The five-day long Kartikeswar Mahotsav at Ragadi under Banki tehsil in Cuttack district concluded on Friday. Former MP Baijayant Panda graced the concluding ceremony of the Mahotsav . Panda was accorded a grand welcome as he reached Banki and later taken to the venue in a bike rally, reports said. A host of cultural […]

Cuttack: The Centre’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seems to have taken a backseat in Odisha as the State government has allegedly failed to check massive irregularities in the mission to make the country and the state open defecation free (ODF). While the State government claims to have made all the blocks and districts of the State […]

Cuttack: Two persons were killed while another sustained critical injuries after a house collapsed following a bomb explosion at Ghodabara village under Banki police limits in Cuttack district on late Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Pabitra Nayak and Manas Nayak. The injured has been admitted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital […]

Cuttack: Five persons including two women sustained injuries in an attack by a wild boar at Dulanapur village under Banki Tehsil of Cuttack district today. All the five injured have been admitted to the hospital and are stated to be stable. According to reports, a wild boar strayed into the village from nearby Chandaka-Damapada forest […]

Cuttack: Protesting lack of measures on part of authorities to put a check on illegal sale of liquor, locals hit the streets by staging a road blockade in Banki today. Alleging that such illegal trade has led to a spurt in crime and other anti-social activities in the area, locals blocked the Cuttack-Banki road by […]