Tag: Bargarh

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continue to sizzle under intense heat with Titlagarh in western region of the state becoming the hottest place recording 47 degrees Celsius today, highest in the state so far this summer. The entire state virtually turned into a boiling cauldron as the mercury breached the 43 degrees mark in at least nine places […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continue to sizzle under intense heat despite marginal drop in some areas as the mercury breached the 40 degrees Celsius mark in 12 places today. The maximum temperature stood at 45 degrees Celsius at Bhawanipatna, Balangir and Titlagarh, making these places the hottest in the state. Sonepur came close second recording 43 deg […]

Bhubaneswar: A huge haul of explosives, including hand grenades and tiffin bombs, were recovered in a combing operation near  Gandhamardhan hill in Bargarh district on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of DVF and CRPF led by SP B. Jugal Kishore , recovered the huge cache of arms during the crackdown on the […]

Bhubaneswar: With the death of one person reported from Bargarh district today, heat stroke death toll got up to six in Odisha. As the state burned under scorching heat, Titlagarh recorded the hottest this summer with 46.5 degree Celsius. The state, particularly western Odisha, virtually turned into a boiling pot as the mercury breached the […]

Bargarh: The General Secretary of Havildar-Constable Sangha of Bargarh district, Subash Chandra Mishra, was arrested today on charges of misbehaving with a woman. The arrest was made after the victim lodged a complaint regarding the matter at Paikmal police station. According to police, the woman hailing from Khaprakhol of Bolangir district had visited Baisakhi Mela […]

Bargarh: San Saraipali village, 60 kilometres from Bargarh town on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, has produced four doctorates and aims to achieve 100% literacy but ironically lacks a high school. The village consisting of two wards with 700 residents is called the village of educated persons. Four persons from the village have earned doctorates and are working […]

Bhubaneswar: Paddy procurement for rabi crop will start in 19 districts of the State from tomorrow and continue till June 30. The State-level paddy procurement committee has targetted to procure 26 quintals paddy per acre from farmers in Bargarh, Subarbanpur and Sambalpur whereas in the remaining 16 districts, 24 quintals paddy per acre are expected to […]

Bargarh: In a saddening incident, a youth was killed in an attack by a wild pachyderm in Chhindrapali village under Gaisilat  block of Bargarh while trying to save younger brother from being trampled by the animal on Friday. Trilochan Bariha along with two siblings, Sahido and Gajendra, who had gone to the nearby Mahadasani forest […]

Bargarh: The procurement of rabi paddy will start from May 5 in Bargarh district, informed the DRDA project director Batakrushna Dehuri today. After a meeting here, Dehuri told newsmen, “An unanimous decision has been taken to start the paddy procurement for rabi crop from May 5.” District civil supplies officer Bibekanand Kerkera said, “Even though […]

Bhubaneswar: Sunstroke claimed three lives in Odisha today with heatwave-like conditions, where Balangir recorded the highest temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius. Scorching heat wave persisted in at least eight places breaching the 43 degree mark. “Sunstroke has claimed at least three lives in the state so far this summer with casualties reported from Bargarh, Angul […]

Bargarh: In a shocking incident, four persons including three police officials of Bargarh district have allegedly looted Rs 3 lakh from a Chhattisgarh-based scrap businessman. As per reports, vehicle of businessman Sudhir Khatri, bearing number CG 04-9554, was intercepted at Barahagoda toll gate for checking by police informer Durga Prasad and Constable Hemant Das, while […]

Dhenkanal/Bargarh: Over a hundred houses were gutted and property worth lakhs reduced to ashes in two separate fire mishaps in Dhenkanal and Bargarh districts on Tuesday. A major fire broke out this afternoon at Dhobaninanda village under Hindol block in Dhenkanal district in which property worth lakhs of rupees were damaged, while several cattle were […]

Keonjhar/Bargarh: One person was killed and as many as 23 houses were reduced to ashes in two separate fire mishaps in Keonjhar and Bargarh districts today. According to sources, a person was burnt to death when three houses at Station Road in Barbil of Keonjhar district caught fire this morning. The deceased is yet to be identified. […]

Bargarh: A Rajasthan based-textile industry landed in a trouble after a case was lodged at Bargarh police station against it for allegedly making counterfeit Sambalpuri sarees. The major saree manufacturer -Bharat Mohan Industries- is facing the charge under Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (GI Act) for its alleged illegal work. A […]

Bargarh: More than 20 shops were gutted and properties worth some lakhs of rupees destroyed when a major fire broke out at the Hatapada daily market in Bargarh town late last night. The blaze originated at a shop located at one end of the daily market at around 1 am and subsequently engulfed other nearby […]