Tag: Bhadrak

Bhadrak: At least 15 rooms were gutted after a fire broke out in Nalagohira village in Chandbali of Bhadrak district today. According to sources, property worth lakhs of rupees including furniture and other valuable assets were completely reduced to ashes in the mishap. A total of five families have been affected by the blaze, stated […]

Bhadrak: A Hyderabad-based pipe manufacturing company paid Rs 9 Lakh ex-gratia each to the kin of the three deceased Odia labourers after the villagers of Baghanata under Chandbali police limits of Bhadrak district detained three ambulances sent by the company to hand over bodies. After detaining the ambulances for more than 36 hours, the vehicles […]

Bhubaneswar: Snake bites have led to more than 1,700 deaths in Odisha in the last three years, data furnished by the State government revealed. Interestingly, the state government has categorized snake bites as a ‘state specific disaster,’ but such alarming rate of fatalities has raised concerns. According to a state government report, while 4,689 people […]

  Cuttack: Childline officials today foiled an alleged child sale attempt by a man after his wife delivered triplet girls at SCB Medical College & Hospital in Cuttack. Sashikant Lenka, a Bhadrak resident, who allegedly tried to sell two of his newborn babies, was stopped after Childline officials reached the medical and thwarted the alleged […]

Bhadrak: BJD’s Dhamnagar MLA, Muktikant Mandal deposed before the Court of the Additional District Judge (ADJ) in Bhadrak today and recorded his statement in connection with the murder of Niranjan Jena in 2002. Niranjan from Sugo village under Basudevpur police limits of Bhadrak district was allegedly abducted and murdered on November 3, 2002. Deceased Niranjan’s […]

  Cuttack: A man was arrested today by the Cuttack police and forwarded to the court for duping money from people by faking his son’s cancer. The accused has been identified as Sukant Puhana from Gudari area of Bhadrak. According to sources, Puhana lied to an employee of a private media house that his son […]

Bhadrak: Vehicular movement on the Bhadrak-Chandbali main road was disrupted on Saturday following a demonstration by locals protesting the death of a youth in a road accident near Baharpal village in Bhadrak district Friday. Irate locals staged the demonstration by placing the body of the youth Chinmay Pallai on the road and burning tyres demanding […]

Balasore: Odisha police on Monday arrested the accused in the rape of a 4-year-old girl in Nilagiri of Balasore district. Addressing a press conference, Balasore SP, B Jugal Kishore stated that the accused Nityachandan Jena was arrested from Bandha Chhak in Bhadrak this evening. Jena absconded after allegedly raping the 4-year-old minor girl by luring […]

Cuttack: A cancer patient allegedly hanged himself to death in a private nursing home at Ranihaat here today. The deceased has been identified as Rangadhar Baiti of Tihidi in Bhadrak district. Rangadhar, a driver by profession, had been undergoing treatment for cancer for a long time, informed the hospital staff who found him hanging from […]

Bhadrak: At least 12 students had a narrow escape today after a coal-laden vehicle hit a school van they were travelling in near the Badamahara Chhak in the district. Although the van was damaged in the mishap, all the students in the vehicle escaped unhurt. Following the mishap, locals blocked the road demanding arrest of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has given proposals for establishment of 12 non-major ports in the State, informed State Commerce Minister Nrusingha Charan Sahu in the Odisha Assembly today. In a written reply, Sahu mentioned that a notification regarding the establishment of 12 non-major ports, including four in Balasore, two each in Ganjam, Bhadrak and Puri […]

Bhadrak: The district administration today suspended internet services for 48 hours in Bhadrak as a precautionary measure to maintain peace and communal harmony during the Ram Navami celebrations. “Internet services have been suspended for a total of 48 hours, but once the Ram Navami procession gets over peacefully within 24 hours then we can immediately […]

Bhadrak: Three youths drowned while taking bath in Baitarani River near Nerada panchayat under Bhandaripokhari of Bhadrak district today. As per sources, the three have been identified as Jagannath Boitai (15), Diptiranjan Boitai (17) and Pradeep Bal (20), all residents of Boitai Sahi. Sources informed that the trio went missing after getting trapped in a […]

Bhadrak: As a measure to maintain law and order, the district administration has clamped prohibitory orders under Sec 144 of CrPc in Bhadrak town ahead of Ram Navami celebrations. “The district administration has imposed prohibitory orders in Bhadrak town from 6 PM today for an indefinite period to maintain law and order and harmony,” said […]

Bhadrak: Vigilance officials today conducted simultaneous searches on the office and residence of Kamalakant Behera, Assistant Executive Engineer of Salandi Canal Division in Bhadrak on charges of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income. Sources said two teams of the anti-corruption wing headed by Balasore Vigilance DSP Santosh Samantray and Baripada Vigilance DSP […]