Tag: Barbil

Keonjhar: A doctor at the District Headquarters Hospital here on Saturday performed an operation with the help of mobile-torch and helped save life of a woman patient who needed immediate surgery. As per reports, the woman was rescued by police near OMC rest house under Barbil police limits last evening in critical condition. She had […]

Bhubaneswar: Keonjhar lad Babula Munda has not only made Odisha proud, but he certainly became an inspiration for many in the country after winning a silver medal at the 7th World Wushu Championship held at Brazil. Thirteen-year-old Babulu, a resident of Sialijoda village under Deojhar Grampanchayat of Keonjhar, earned a place in the National team […]

Barbil: At the age of 6, Babulu Munda won his maiden medal (Silver) in the very first attempt at 16th All Odisha Kick Boxing Championship held at Bhubaneswar on 18th December 2011. Since then he never looked back. With regular practice and hard work, he has been selected to participate in 7th World Wushu Championship […]

Keonjhar: Body of a girl student of Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) was recovered under mysterious circumstances from her hostel room here at Barbil in Keonjhar district on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Sridevi Mahakud and it is suspected that she committed suicide. According to reports, Sridevi was a third year student of […]

Keonjhar: A herd of elephants wreaked havoc on several villages under Champua and Barbil range in the district, damaging crops and destroying human habitats. The natives of the Dadua village are living in constant fear with the frequent elephant attacks. Sources said the attacks have forced many villagers to move out of the village. Locals […]

Keonjhar: The Barbil police arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in IPL betting in Keonjhar district last night. Acting on a tip off, police conducted a raid and arrested the trio from a hardware shop near Tarini temple here. The cops also seized Rs 2.4 lakh cash and seven mobile phones from their possession. […]

Panic has gripped Barbil after the number of dengue patients in the area, the worst affected in the state, touched around 900

Cuttack/Barbil/Bhubaneswar: The death toll in dengue has gone up to six in Odisha with the death of a patient in Barbil in Keonjhar district last night. Lili Gop, a daily wage labourer, died at the Barbil Community Health Centre (CHC) last night, sources said. Family members have alleged that she died due to improper treatment. […]

Keonjhar: A four-member team of the Congress headed by leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday visited the dengue-affected Barbil area and took stock of the situation there. According to sources, the Congress team, which includes leaders like Niranjan Patnaik, Ananta Sethi and Prafulla Majhi, visited different wards of the town and met patients undergoing […]

Even as number of dengue cases in the state crossed 1100, the six-member team sent by the Central government to assist in the prevention of the vector borne disease has said far from rising, dengue cases in the worst affected Keonjhar district are actually on the decline

Bhubaneswar: The killer dengue has claimed one more life in the State taking the toll this year to four. The victim, who was undergoing treatment at the SCB medical college and hospital, has been identified as Lal Kishore Suna of Bolangir district. Tuna Nayak of Angul, who was admitted at the special dengue ward of […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack/Barbil: Concerned over the alarming spread of dengue in Odisha, the state government today appointed a senior IAS officer as nodal officer to monitor measures to monitor the drive against the water borne disease. A decision to this effect was taken at a joint meeting of the Health and Family Welfare and Housing and Urban […]

The toll due to dengue mounted to three this year when a patient undergoing treatment at the SCB hospital in Cuttack died yesterday

Barbil/Cuttack: The first dengue death in Odisha this year was reported from Keonjhar district when a patient under treatment at the Barbil Community Health Centre (CHC) succumbed to the disease this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Sukramani Sandil of Colony No-3 of Barbil Municipality. Sources in the hospital said Sukramani was admitted to […]

Barbil: Acting on the directive of Orissa High Court, the Keonjhar district administration today demolished construction done by Champua MLA Sanatan Mahakud on five acres of encroached land at Uchabali mouza under Barbil tehsil in Keonjhar district in the presence of additional district magistrate (ADM) and sub-collector. Twenty five platoons of forces were deployed at […]