Tag: Bargarh

Bargarh: The 11-day Dhanu Jatra will conclude in Bargarh today. The annual festival which kicked off on January 11 will end with the death of the demon king Kansa. On Sunday, the entire Bargarh town that resembled Mathura during the festival was rejoiced as Lord Krishna and Balaram came to the town on king Kansa’s […]

Bargarh: Despite good harvest of cauliflower, vegetable farmers of Bargarh are forced to go for distress sale like every year. The farmers of Jambruda village in the district are forced to dispose them at throwaway prices to traders because of lack of proper facility of cold storage to preserve their agricultural produce. “The farmers in […]

Bargarh: Hundreds of farmers in Bhatli block of Bargarh district were deprived of crop insurance allegedly due to the lackadaisical attitude of the bank authorities. According to reports, many farmers of the block suffered crop loss in 2017. However, at least 289 farmers of 15 villages under Bhatli are yet to receive insurance compensation under […]

Bargarh: A youth employed in a guest house at Padampur in Bargarh district was electrocuted to death after coming in contact with a live electric wire while cleaning for Diwali today. The deceased, identified as Rohit Bag was a resident of Belpahar area in Jharuguda district and working at Sitampur Inn in Bargarh. According to […]

Bargarh: Protesting the alleged illegal construction of a market complex inside the new bus terminal, the Private Bus Owners’ Association has been observing a strike without operating buses in the district. The association alleged that the market complex, which has been built as per the direction of the Bargarh municipality, will cause inconvenience to passengers […]

Bargarh: Despite the State government’s assurance to provide all kinds of assistance to the family of farmer Brunda Sahu, who had committed suicide by consuming pesticide at Kalapani village in the district over crop loss due to pest attack; all the promises are found out to be false now. One year since debt-ridden Brunda torched […]

Bargarh: A Mumbai-based company hired for the construction of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) ethanol plant at Baulasingha in Bargarh district has been accused of illegally extracting sand and minerals from the region. According to reports, Bijay builders which has been awarded the contract of constructing the boundary wall of the ethanol plant is allegedly […]

Bargarh: The residents of Sambalpuri village in Bargarh district are having a harrowing time due to the high intensity sound of alleged illegal blasting in a stone quarry in the region. With the use of JCB and driller machines, and also by performing blasts, tonnes of stones are being allegedly smuggled from the quarry. On […]

Bargarh: Normal life came to a grinding halt at Barpali in Bargarh district today following a 12-hour bandh called by the traders’ association. The traders’ body called for the shut down demanding sub-divisional status for Barpali and establishment of a cancer hospital in the district. #WATCH: Normal life hit following 12-hour bandh called by traders’ […]

Bargarh: Four persons including three police officials were arrested on Tuesday on charges of looting Rs 4.5 lakh from a businessman in the district. The businessman Nandalal Prasad had registered a complaint with the Sadar police station on Monday. The arrested cops Saroj Kumar Seth, Bipin Bihari Bedbak, and Sadananda Pradhan were manning the PCR […]

Bargarh: A businessman from the district on Monday filed a police complaint alleging that four cops from the Sadar police station looted him of Rs 4.5 lakh. As per complaint lodged by the victim Nandalal, the policemen intercepted the bus he was travelling in near Bhatli Chhak in the district. “I was travelling from Paikamal […]

Jajpur: Jagatsinghpur police have seized 56 tonne paddy from a rice mill in Chhatia area of Jajpur and arrested one  Sheikh Kalimuddin from Neulpur village in connection with the case. Kalimuddin had allegedly taken paddy from a mandi after submitting a fake registration number. The accused had taken a truck load of paddy from Biridi […]

Bargarh: An Assistant Sub Inspector of Sohela police station has been suspended for allegedly raping a Class X girl student along with another youth in Bargarh. The accused identified as ASI Banmali Kuanr and Riku Nag of Melchhamunda village had kidnapped the girl on February 8 and subsequently raped her. Later, the girl was rescued […]

Bargarh: Police today arrested the Assistant Sub Inspector of Sohela Police Station and another youth on charges of raping a Class X girl student. The arrested ASI Banmali Kuanr and the other accused Rinku Nag of Melchhamunda village have been forwarded to court. As per the complaint filed by the girl’s father, Nag kidnapped the […]

Bargarh: The Bargarh police today arrested two youths for allegedly killing their friend at Bandutikra village in the district after he failed to return a mobile phone he had taken from them. The deceased has been identified as Inesh Tandi, son of one Sadananda Tandi of the village. Both the accused Asish Bhoi and Bikash […]