Tag: Bhadrak

Bhadrak: Though situation in the communally tense Bhadrak town is slowly clawing back to normal with no untoward incident being reported, palpable tension continues to prevail in view of which police staged a flag march today. The Centre today rushed 2,000 paramilitary personnel to Odisha to assist the local administration in maintaining law and order […]

Bhadrak:  Though there has been a considerable improvement in the overall situation in Bhadrak, the curfew clamped in the town will continue for some time, said Director General of Police K.B. Singh after a review here on Saturday. “Barring few incidents of shop looting and ransacking, there has been no large-scale violence or casualties reported […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the situation remains on the edge, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appealed to people to maintain calm and peace in the violence-torn Bhadrak town. “I sincerely appeal to all in Bhadrak for peace & harmony; have directed stringent action against any attempt to disrupt peace,” Patnaik wrote in a tweet. I sincerely […]

Bhubaneswar: As communal tension gripped Bhadrak for the second consecutive day despite section 144 being in force on Friday after peace committee talks failed to reach a consensus, the administration swung into action by imposing curfew. Moreover, Cuttack Municipal Corporation commissioner Gyana Ranjan Das was appointed as the new Collector of the district. Das has […]

Bhubaneswar: Communal tension once again gripped Bhadrak on Friday after the peace committee meeting among heads of religious groups reportedly failed. Though details of the discussion are yet to be known, sources said the meet could not reach a consensus to deal with the untoward situation in the region. Reports reaching here said, a group […]

Bhadrak: A day after tension over some religious comments posted on social media erupted in Bhadrak, the situation was seen improving with no untoward incident reported from anywhere in the town till early this morning. Shops at various places in the town are open and buses have also started plying in the town. However, Section […]

Bhadrak: Furious over the offensive comments posted about Lord Ram and Goddess Sita on a social media platform, the activists of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad took to streets in Bhadrak town resulting in protests and road blockade. The administration had to clamp prohibitory orders to prevent any untoward incident. Shops and establishments closed […]

Bhadrak: In an interesting turn of event, police have recovered 100 suspicious powder packets from two youths undergoing treatment in the district hospital after they met an accident here on Wednesday. While returning to Bhubaneswar on a black Pulsar bike, the duo collided with a truck carrying granite chips near RD square. They were then […]

Bhubaneswar: Unseasonal rain and hailstorm for the past few days has damaged standing crops which may adversely affect the production output thereby compounding miseries of farmers in several parts of Odisha. Apart from the rabi field crops, vegetables mostly peas, tomatoes, bitter gourd, cucumber, brinjal have suffered damage in areas of Balang, Astarang, Gop, Kakatpur […]

Bhadrak: Terming the death of Suresh Rout, a senior Congress leader of Bhadrak district, as a pre-planned murder, the Congress today demanded a CBI probe. “We demand that the police should register a case under section 302 of the IPC and immediately arrest those who are involved in the murder of Rout. Besides, we also […]

Bhadrak: Being rebuffed by police and 108 ambulance a son had to carry the body of his dead father on a cycle-trolley to a hospital at Nathasahi village in Utarbahini under Purunabazar police station of Bhadrak district today. The deceased identified as Bhajahari Nath had consumed poision for some reason and had died two kilometres […]

Cuttack/Bhadrak/ Kendrapara/Angul: Poll-related violence continued in Odisha with several more injured in clashes in various parts of the State. Tension prevailed in Podana village in Niali of Cuttack district over the death of a person two days back. According to sources, houses were torched in the village by rival groups and clashes were also reported. […]

Bhubaneswar: The second phase panchayat polls, which is currently underway at 175 Zilla Parishad zones in 29 districts, also witnessed poll boycott in various places today. In Bhadrak district, villagers of Kumarkhani under Rambhila panchayat boycotted the polling alleging lack of basic amenities. Voters of two villages under Katikela panchayat in Jharsuguda district also did […]

Bhubaneswar: The first phase panchayat polls which began in Odisha this morning, witnessed poll boycott in nine Gram Panchayats in eight districts. In Khurda district, villagers of Daruthenga panchayat on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar boycotted the elections demanding shifting of the dump yard. The villagers did not turn up for voting at 13 booths in […]

Bhadrak: Two youths were killed in a road accident at Charampa in Bhadrak district last night. The deceased were identified as Sanjay Kumar Goswami and Ajay Samal. The accident occurred when their bike collided with a truck. Some locals rescued the two in critical condition and admitted them to the district headquarters hospital (DHH). The […]