Tag: Banki

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 […]

Cuttack: Amid poor infrastructure and absence of doctors, healthcare services at the Kalapathara government hospital in Banki of Cuttack district is in a shambles. Locals complained that the doctors on deputation at the hospital have not been regular in their visits, forcing patients to depend on pharmacist for treatment. Due to lack of basic facilities […]

Cuttack: Heavy rain accompanied by hailstones lashed Banki and Narasinghpur area in Cuttack district late Monday night. According to sources, some hailstones weighed between 200 gram to 1 kilogram. It came as a surprise for many local residents as they claimed to have experienced hailstorm for the first time. “We have never seen such huge […]

Bhubaneswar: With the onset of monsoon in Odisha, people residing in villages under Banki Sub-division in Cuttack district and Gunupur in Rayagada district are having sleepless nights. They are a worried lot now as embankments have become weak and are without stone packing at many places. The embankment along Mahanadi river from Baideswara to Bhagipur […]

Khurda/Puri: Residents of several panchayats in Khurda and Puri district have been battling with flood-like situation following heavy spells of rainfall in river upstream areas since past few days. Under the impact of incessant rainfall, swelling of floodwater from Rajua river, a tributary of Daya river has submerged around 25 villages in five Panchayats of […]

Cuttack: A girl who went missing & was later rescued by Banki Police today brought serious allegations against the cops alleging that she was raped, but was tortured and pressurized by police to drop the charges. As per reports, the girl was allegedly abducted by five persons and was raped by one of them in […]